>>Freedom-schmeedom! Do you think you're the only democracy in the world? Why your democracy is based on the English model, many of your principles as in the Constitution are based partly on those of Englishmen, John Locke
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
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>>...But still it must be with his own consent- i.e., the consent of the majority, giving it either by themselves or their representatives chosen by them; for if any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority, and without such consent of the people, he thereby invades the fundamental law of property, and subverts the end of government.
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>>...Locke maintained that the original state of nature was happy and characterized by reason and tolerance. He further maintained that all human beings, in their natural state, were equal and free to pursue life, health, liberty, and possessions; and that these were inalienable rights.
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>>and French:
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>>It was the French philosopher and jurist, Montesquieu (1689-1755) who developed this theory of the separation of powers, this theory of checks and balances found its expression in the American Constitution (1787). Montesquieu, in addition to studying the political writings of Locke, spent two years (1729-31) in England. The theory, all with the view to protecting the people's liberty, calls for the separation of the three governmental functions: executive, legislative, and judicial.
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>>AT least in GB there's no law against "jay-walking" :-)
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>Sure, we are "based" on a lot of different thought. But, we have more freedom in our country than others. In Tennessee, there's no law against owning guns.

AH! freedom to get blown away by your neighbour over a boundary dispute, freedom for a traffic cop to get shot when the perp winds down his window! Why didn't you say so!?

What are the other freedoms that we Europeans don't enjoy?