[quote="mike"]"The US has an extremely violent history against labor movements and political activists, they just don't talk about it in public schools."

You dont live here, so how can you draw that conclusion. US citizens are very aware of our countries history, because we did learn extensively, about these things when we were in highschool. Not only that, but of coarse, there are plenty of people who lived these events first hand.

"Yes, we only shoot students peacefully assembled on college campuses and spray blacks with firehoses and beat them for wanting to eat at the same restaurants as us. How dare they!"~Mike

You act like we dont talk about our countries history, like we hide it and paint a pretty picture. Not only did Americans see and can still see if we want, live coverage of these events, but we do not forget them. We even have black history month to recognize black citizens such as Martin Luther king just to name one.

Also, I dont thank any "loving master" for freedom, and see many other Americans doing it! I am just proud to be born into a country with freedom. I am thankful not for what freedom I have, but I am thankful that I do not have to live under communist rule, or in a twisted or depressed society where people, such as the average woman, have no rights. I'm obviously not the only one who thinks America is a great place to live; maybe you should check out the stat.'s on how many immigrants we have in this country.

Mike......maybe you like to beleive everything you read in your books and base your opinions on that, but it looks like you need to do alittle more reading. One or even five books does not describe an entire nation and all its history. Every country has some dirt, and where there is bad, there's liable to be some good that folows and vise-versa.