I agree with you (and thanks for the nice discussion) and think it's really a different cultural interpretation. I would say that most Germans would say free sp

I agree with you (and thanks for the nice discussion) and think it's really a different cultural interpretation. I would say that most Germans would say free speech is a value in general, which should be upheld by the government and for example the work place (and there are laws to protect people there) whereas the U.S. is more focus on the government part (just an observation). I think both have their historic reasons, place and differences.