On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:23:43 +0800, Mark Donovan wrote (in article 
<PZfQf.3$Px4.1@trnddc04>): 

> 
> "Jim Walsh" <jim_S_N_P_O_AM_walsh_iii@operamail.NO.com> wrote in message 
> news:0001HW.C037A18B000CA55BF0284550@family.alibis.com... 
>> On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:22:15 +0800, TXZZ wrote (in article 
>> <1141993335.158978.317180@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>): 
>> 
>>> ... Anyone who has lived in the US was probably subject to more rules 
>>> (and limitations on their freedom of speech) than anywhere else. 
>> 
>> More rules than North Korea? Really? 
> 
> No question about it. If you look at the laws of any dictatorial country, 
> they are surprisingly short and simple. It has been a universally known 
> fact that the US has both the highest number of laws, rules and 
> regulations on the books, and the largest army of lawyers trying to make 
> sense of all that enormous legal mess. 
> 
>> 
>> The Reporters without Borders posts a list of all countries in the order 
>> of their press freedom. 
>> 
>> http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11715 
>> 
>> It is true that there are 21 countries on the list which are considered 
>> more free. The USA is tied for 22 with Belgium. The problem for your 
>> claim is that North Korea is number 167 on the list, and145 countries are 
>> less free than the USA. 
>> 
>> -- Love, Jim 
> 
> He didn't say the USA is the least free country in the world. 

Yes he did.  Parsing his statement: 

"Anyone who has lived in the US was probably subject to more limitations on 
their freedom of speech than anywhere else." That is just not true. 

> He just said USA is not as free as people used to think it is. It's 
> definitely not as free as it could and should be. 

No. He didn't. 


-- 
Love, Jim


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