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Old 01-27-2012, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by merrylander View Post
The funny part is that to be honest I felt more free back in Canada. I knew that I would never face bankruptcy because of medical expenses. I knew that If I pissed of another person the worst outcome might be a bloody nose but it was extremely unlikely that I would be shot. The idea that some goons would be likely to try kicking in our front door would never have occured to me.

So all this talk about "Land of the free" tends to make people here believe this is the only free country, and that is patently untrue.
Actually, and you may find this an odd statement. But of all of the places I've been the ones that seemed the most free, maybe a little too free (As in; Lawless.)----were some of the poorest.

Dave
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