Your first 4 points apply to virtually every other country I know, to varying degrees. As for jailing the guy, it might sound surprising, but it is only so beca

Your first 4 points apply to virtually every other country I know, to varying degrees. As for jailing the guy, it might sound surprising, but it is only so because a lot of people dont know how advanced the US is in terms of freedom of speech. You can say almost anything and get away with it. Some other countries are moving to that directions, albeit slower that expected. Slamming the UK alone for this ignores general developments across the globe.