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All countries, all cultures are not created equal. Plenty of societies outside of America do not necessarily value freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, personal privacy, property rights, and the like…
AP: “Iran Shuts Down Newspaper Critical of Ahmadinejad” (06/22/08)
AP: “Pakistan Blocks YouTube for ‘Blasphemous’ Content” (02/24/08)
FoxNews: “Saudi Arabia Stands By Its Arrest of An American Woman in Starbucks” (02/19/08)
FoxNews: “Saudi Arabia Bans Sale of Red Flowers, Gifts Ahead of Valentine’s Day” (02/12/08)
AP: “Afghan Journalist Sentenced to Death for Brother’s Anti-Islam Writing” (01/24/08)
AP: “Turkey Again Blocks Access to YouTube” (01/20/08)
AP: “China Bans Non-Government Online-Video Sites” (01/04/08)
AP: “Watchdog: Beijing Threatens Free Speech” (12/24/07)
AP: “Thousands in Sudan Call for British Teddy Bear Teacher’s Execution” (11/30/07)
AP: “Public Executions in North Korea on the Rise” (11/26/07)
AP: “Saudi Arabia’s Judiciary Defends Verdict Sentencing Rape Victim to 200 Lashes and Jail Time” (11/21/07)
FoxNews: “Gays Deserve Torture, Death Penalty, Iranian Minister Says” (11/13/07)
AP: “Myanmar Forces Hunt Pro-Democracy Protesters” (10/03/07)
AP: “Rights Group to Iran: Stop Executing Children” (06/21/07)
FoxNews: “Infanticide, Abortion Responsible for 60 Million Girls Missing in Asia” (06/13/07)
AP: “China Arrests Three Christian Church Leaders in Raid on Post-Christmas Celebration” (01/03/07)
AP: “Government Backers Break Up Human Rights Day March in Cuba” (12/10/06)