I'm glad we can agree! I also think that -- balancing our strenghts and weaknesses and looking at other countries in the world -- this country is clearly and by far the best. Do we have agreement on that point also?
(You seem very bothered by our crime rate in this country. I'm sorry if you've been on the receiving end of a bad crime, or if you know someone who has. It's my understanding that our rates of most crimes are the same or lower than most the rest of the world. Is that your impression also? My prescription for lower crime is for more of the same things that made this country great in the first place, like more limited government and more individual freedom -- not more draconian laws and a bigger government. I'd support more concealed carry rights, for example, so people can take better care of themselves, before I'd argue for bigger and harsher government punishments.)
I'm glad we can agree! I also think that -- balancing our strenghts and weaknesses and looking at other countries in the world -- this country is clearly and by far the best. Do we have agreement on that point also?
We agree on this point.
My prescription for lower crime is for more of the same things that made this country great in the first place, like more limited government and more individual freedom
Now on this point we do not agree. One of the big problems this country is facing is the judicial system which is giving license to be anything for anybody in the name of individual freedom. What may be good for you may not be good for the nation as a whole but our activist judges don't care about the nation as a whole. And this I see as a major problem which will not soon turn around, if it ever does.