[okie01]

"National sovereignty is a freedom as well — one that free countries are reluctant to give up without some tangible gain. So this concept will never yield something like the EU, an institution that can only make sense to a Gallic or German mind that sees the chaotic liberty of a diverse Europe in need of false coherence and discipline."

So why, then, is Tony Blair's UK so anxious to join the EU?

I have never understood why Britains would even consider joining an organization so dedicated to blotting out national identity and sovereignty.

[Mr. Mojo]

Gun control in Britain is nearly total, so Sullivan's Anglospheric definition of "individualism, and the elevation of freedom to the first rank of political and cultural values" doesn't really apply to them (right now). Take away the individual God-given right to self defense, and freedom is just an empty word. Hopefully one day (soon) the Brits will demand their rights back.