Op/ed the "freedom" dodge

[CapnAwesome]

There is no such thing as a utopia so don't try to sell one just because you like it.

I never said anything like that, you are arguing against someone who is not me. But suit yourself.

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Ok you are number one in crime rate. IF ONE SIMPLY COUNTS THE CASES!

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_to...tal-crimes

Dont forget, the US has a population of 300 000 000 people. Conclusive crimemates are done by numbering the number of crimes by 100 000 people.
For which I only have the statistics on the homicide rate, since I couldn`t find one which includes all crimes.
But if you would care to take a look at it, you would notice that there are alot of "western" nations which in terms of homicide are alot worse of than the US, out of which I conclude that the overall crimerate is certainly higher in other "western" nations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou...icide_rate

I never said that one shouldn`t solve a problem simply based on the argument that others are worse of, I generaly believe that one should only orientate oneself on the best when attempting to solve a problem.

But you cannot argue, that the US is worse off than all western countries. That is simply not true.

He strikes me as someone who, despite hating the US, have never even been anywhere else. Certainly never lived anywhere else.