Atheism may be frowned on in some places, but only if it's the militant variety. If you don't go out of your way to piss off religious people, no one should bother you. In more countries than not, being of a particular religion (including atheism) can get you killed.k-ossuburb said:
As for free health care, it isn't free anywhere. It always has to be paid for by someone, and that generally comes in the form of taxes. In the US, our current system is a confusing hybrid of two conflicting systems, which often results in chaos. Obviously, that isn't ideal. However, if you look at the theories of a free market economic system (which is NOT currently in place) health care should fit perfectly well into it, making it just as successful as any other part of the economy. Free care simply is not the American way, but neither is allowing people to suffer and die needlessly, so that responsibility would (and to our way of thinking, should) fall under the auspices of individual communities, not a huge federal entity.
Regarding guns, that's an even longer lecture than the last one and I'm not going there. It's an integral part of our culture and makes plenty of sense when you understand all the facts behind it.
You're not wrong about the other stuff, although environmental responsibility is a much trickier subject that has no solid consensus to back up anyone's position.
