Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
I remember watching a video where Americans pointed to Australia as being Iraq.
It was the chaser boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ3RrqBqk14, and it wasn't iraq, but apparently iran, north korea and france are all on terra australis. Australia also has it's fair share of idiots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcBDBi5qzjc

Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
[...]The French holiday abroad no more than a Spaniard goes sunbathing in Greece. What for anyway? Some people are born lucky. Others have to get on a plane for it. A lifetime doesn't suffice to discover all the wonders of France[...]
I admit to having similar thoughts regarding holidays and australia.

And on the whole freedom thing, I think it's very much a matter of personal interpretation, and australia fits my personal interpretation quite well. Since moving out of home I'm hard pressed thinking of more than 1 or 2 things that I've wanted to do and not been able to, and they have been related to financial, rather than legal, restrictions