I don't think they (the Europeans) really understand the concept of personal freedom.
Personal freedom?!? I am not a slave to the automobile. Do you know how great it is not to have to worry about PARKING, insurance, car theft, PARKING, bad drivers (well...pedestrians still have to worry some about them), PARKING, car payments...I love it. Walking, public transport, private buses, trains, and the occasional taxi.
It makes me so free.
Our country's infrastructure and way of life (roads, suburbs, malls, etc.) were created to accomodate the automobile, not the other way around. Just like TV shows were created in order to sell commercials, our roads and towns were created to sell cars.
The possibility that it might be different anywhere else was obviously lost on the person who made that remark. Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
