>I should point out to those not from the US that this is how Americans view the US. No, it isn't. It's the opinion of a single person, and you're taking it fo

>I should point out to those not from the US that this is how Americans view the US. No, it isn't. It's the opinion of a single person, and you're taking it for granted that their comment was made in earnest and that they truly represent 'the American view' -- whatever that is. >So those outside the US can get insights into what the US is and how it thinks from threads like this. No, they can't. They can learn about the opinion of a single person. Can you point me to a country with such a unified opinion that any single person can cover the opinions of the entire populous? If not, why would you assume that such a case may exist for the United States? And more to the point, the premise was that it is ridiculous to hold the manufacturer of stolen goods to be wholly responsible for the theft in a jurisdiction that has law enforcement -- do you disagree with that, or do you just care to make an example out of someone?