one person you mentioned was salmon rushti. you left me with the impression that limiting speech in any fashion sends you down a slippery slope. once you've decided that you are not absolutely free to say what you want to say, then it's just a matter of how unfree you are, but you referred to the united states len ideal. almost a gold standard >>> i'm more critical these days of the united states. we do in europe as well. of course i don't believe in unlimited free speech. i think that incitement of violence, people should not say to go out and kill muslims or people with red hair or whatever it is. i'm in favor of a few other limitations. i think the trend now is that people are playing the offence card in order to shut down speech that they don't like. that is a slippery slope >>> when you say you were more critical of the united states now than you were when it published the book. what's the problem some >>> it's the social control of speech, that, in fact, i still believe that the united states has the best possible protect