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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country

Count the "hate speech" laws and provisions against insulting the government or religion.



That's sort of like estimating the tax rates from the length of the tax code (71000 pages in the us just for the federal tax code, less than 10000 in almost every other country on earth, most around 5000).

The number and content of laws is irrelevant. The way they are practiced is. E.g., if you read the 4th amendment you'd think the us government would need reasonable suspicion and a warrant before border search, wire tapping, stop and frisk, etc.




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