Well, your forum philosophy seems to match your political philosophy; let's change what we have (forum, nation) and make it like that one over there!
Look, if I wanted to live in a progressive socialists country, I would emigrate to Canada or Europe. If I wanted to be a part of this miraculously peaceful forum that you are touting, then I would spend my time THERE, and not HERE.
I find that this forum suits me just fine. Most of the people that converse here, even when they disagree, are able to do so respectfully. It seems that, no matter which of the dozens of people I converse, the same three or four names pop up when we start talking about hateful, disrespectful speech. Unfortunately, IceMan, yours is one of those names. Does this not warrant just the tiniest amount of reflection or introspection on your part, or is it just that we are all hateful, stupid rednecks with such undeveloped intellects that we just don't "get it?"
The same with my country: We are the ONLY republic like us in the world. I WANT this experiment in freedom and liberty to continue, even accelerate. You have the right as a citizen to want us to be more like the Europeans, but as a citizen of THIS country, you have an obligation to allow OTHERS their fair say. Your demeaning statements serve no one; they don't illuminate your point at all.
Honestly, if you loved the other forum so much, why did you return here? Come on, tell the truth: You missed us, didn't you? IceMan loves us!
