Re: Approach to photographing people in the street
1bwana1 wrote:
In fact the US Government imposes no speed limits anywhere and subjects no driver to any penalty. Period.
This is true now but was not for decades because of the federal 55 mph limit. BTW, I remember driving faster than that in the parking lot of the company I was working for
1bwana1 wrote:The minute you put limits on speech, access to information, political associations, the right to bear arms, a National ID, the requirement to ID to authority except during actual arrest, and Government involvement in your daily life, high taxes, and National Sales taxes, you are less free
This is an american point of view and it has its merits.
But for instance, the only country where someone tried to kill me and my wife and for almost no reason at all was the USA. It was a case or road rage and because the guy could be armed, I had no option but to flee.
Did I felt free? No.
I could find more examples but that is not my point: as stated before, there are a lot of things I prefer in the US but a lot in Europe too.
I can live in both and thrive or fail economically, enter politics should I want that, express my opinions in an Overton window, etc.
I'm surprised you do not see how both systems have their flaws but also their advantages.
Feb 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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