I don't know, having lived in Germany and the US, I feel I have more practical freedom of speach in Germany (or Europe). Over here, kids don't get thrown into

I don't know, having lived in Germany and the US, I feel I have more practical freedom of speach in Germany (or Europe). Over here, kids don't get thrown into jail because they made a bad joke on Facebook. I also find the gamut of acceptable political positions to be much wider here. Someone with a fairly regular middle-left point of view in Europe would be considered a socialist crackpot in parts of the US. There are restrictions on what you might call "hate speach" which I appreciate. Saying you want the Nazi party back, or want to kill the Jews, or wearing a Swastika is not covered by free speach. One thing I also like is the strong protection of customers. Decieving your customers is also never covered as free speach. There are some laws that seem silly, governing the way products are advertized. E.g. you must use metric units, if you use imperial units (mainly for screens), the metric units must be displayed more prominently, you must have certain package sizes, you have to display the price for 100g / 1kg beneath goods in shops, etc.. I never appreciated these laws until I noticed how confusing and customer-deciving pricing is in the US. Like Mac & Cheese, 20 cents a package, but in the fine print it says only if you buy 10, otherwise its 80 cents. It's a silly example, but I feel more confident in Germany that I'm not going to get screwed over by a company then elsewhere.