Originally Posted by: Cryptic Excretions The expectation that one must cater to another's views when entering a new country (especially one that throws around the word "free" like America: Land of the Free does)

In my younger years I was very fortunate to travel around the world and visit and "be allowed to be a guest" at the countries I visited I met a lot of wonderful people . I was not on vacation I was working and I didn't stay for a few days I stayed months. But as I mentioned I was a guest. And as a guest I had to make an effort to learn thier lanquage, and as a guest I had no right to complain about there house or the views of people in their house (country) and I certainly did't have the right to blow up thier people because I didn't believe in their polital views or religious views. If you go into your neighbors house and he speaks spanish you don't say to him learn engish so you can understand me. No you try to speak spanish... And you also don't insult the family of the house by saying the head of the house is a jerk... They tend to get pissed off and want to send you home.. The nice thing about America is that we are free to say our Government sucks, or we can be any religion we want and our laws even let our guests have those same rights. It is not a right to be a guest in a country it is a privlage.