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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
(I think some of Harry's grumbling's about the US fail to notice how BIG this country is. Occasionally I think we really should chop it up into 50 separate nations; a lot of our problems are caused by trying to apply the same solutions on too many diverse regions.)
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I think a lot of Harry's grumblings have to do with him failing to notice, or not understanding, a lot of things.
With the US, you are absolutely correct, we are no where near as homogeneous a nation as is Switzerland. We are one of if not THE least culturally and ethnically homogeneous nations on the planet. Our diversity and the influx of immigrants here is part of what makes living here interesting. It also causes a TON of crime.
Let's take the man in New York who killed those people the other day. Recent immigrant. Didn't speak-a-da-English too well, and thought that people were making fun of him because of that. Well .... so what .... that's supposed to be an excuse for murder?
In Harry's world view (as I take it from his posts), that immigrant didn't have any responsibility for his actions. Heavens no ... it's the fault of lax gun laws. No criminal should have to take responsibility for his crimes ... it's the fault of the people who make the laws.
Unless, of course, Harry is arguing about recent file sharing laws. Then, he does an about face and argues that it's the fault of the person who was properly using his internet connection if someone hijacks it, accesses illegal content, and the original user is blamed and has his service disconnected.
Oh, and in that case, the law is absolutely correct and good (according to Harry) and the user (who didn't DO anything wrong, and won't get a real hearing before a real court on the matter), should simply not have done what he didn't do.