[SVMc]

I have some issues with the polling questions. I don't think of freedom in the same way that the anon. author does.... I think his/her perspective on freedom is somewhat one dimentional and lacks a real analysis. This is not to say that I don't agree with points, and I do in fact think it is generally going in the right direction however the general conclusions strike me as oversimplifed. So I can't choose options one since I disagree with the premise.

Option two and three also require you to accept the authors premise and analysis.... and if I did that wouldn't I be letting him/her dictate the terms to me... hence in his analysis wearing a theoretical leash?

I'm proudly not American, and while I do think that the citizens of the United States are relatively free when compared with a number of less developed and developing nations, I would have a significant problem viewing the United States as a "free" population.

So that leaves me with the last option of asking why you are asking such a stupid question. But even this is not satisfactory since I don't think the question is stupid. I think the polling selections could be refined and I think the general article provided could use some analysis, but the question itself isn't stupid.... simply because if we fail to ask questions about the nature of freedom how will we know when we are free?