Claudia;

As far as VIOLENT crime goes, I agree with you 100%. The violence in parts of the U.S has become intolerable, but as you say, the "system" as a whole, works as well, if not better than any Nation in the World. Not always to everyones liking, but we have come a long way toward equality for all citizens, especially in the areas of free speech, equal rights etc., but we still have a long way to go before I or anyone one else would even consider saying the US treast all of it's citizens as equals.

The famous case of Brown v. Board of eduaction, it's cause of action being "seperate but equal" says much about what needs to be done. We ned to be "one and equal," not seperate and equal

Tom