Come now. I can go to Reddit and copy any number of headlines from there about outrageous stuff happening in the US. Perhaps something about trigger-happy taser

Come now. I can go to Reddit and copy any number of headlines from there about outrageous stuff happening in the US. Perhaps something about trigger-happy taser cops, the TSA, or ever-growing prison population. Besides, as I said before, what applies to the countries you mention does not apply to all European nations. How about this: I have two gay couples in my direct family that got married some years ago. Not 'civil union' or any of that stuff, but full on marriage, with the same rights as male-female couples. Or this: my ageing mother has determined she will want to have euthanasia under certain circumstances, and she will be able to, as it's been legal for years. Difficult for me to swallow, but it is her freedom to choose this. Another one: cannabis use - decriminalized. Have you got those freedoms in the US? Let me be more explicit about my point: I posit that no nation on earth has the perfect legal system (not even the one with the constitution they are so proud of). Europe, with its right of free movement between nations for all European citizens, offers a unique advantage in that it allows citizens to shop around for the place that fits them best. Competition works - it made life on Earth possible, it makes capitalism work, and it keeps the nations of Europe in check.