Amos, I'm not really sure where we are going over here but perhaps, people in the US have just quoted things like the whatever amendments for too long without really thinking about what goes on.During our growing up, perhaps you lot have just been saying "Yeh Freedom, America is Great..." guess it happens in a powerful successful country that was based on those principles...
Don't really know, just wanted to throw it in the pot as it was something one of my brothers suggested to me after visiting the US a few years ago... Almost like "lovely friendly people but they are brainwashed - they talk about freedom and what makes America great - but...".
Jon