Freedom (was: Re: The End of Privacy ?)

Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Fri, 03 Jul 1998 14:05:19 +0000

At 07:42 PM 7/2/98 -0400, Michael wrote in an aria of patriotic fervor:

>should look at the US as being closer to the goal of Unlimited Individual
Freedom

>extropians living in other countries must temper their beleifs for fear of
>conflicting with their local cultural/societal/governmental mores, or
being found
>to be in need of 'reeducation' and 'socialization' in their countries penal
>systems....

What proportion of US citizens is in jail this year? For what conflicts with which mores? How does this compare with, say, Holland, Sweden, Australia, NZ?

Damien Broderick