#24 I responded to the statement that the US had the highest violent crime rate "in the world," a claim which is preposterous on its face. How charmingly ethnocentric for you to interpret the phrase as "1st world country in the world," a term which is increasingly dubious. You then go from "violent crime rate" to "gun related deaths." These are not the same. The U.S. does indeed have the highest murder rate among "1st world" countries, but its overall violent crime rate is fairly average. Here are some statistics from the UN Int'l Crime Victim Survey http://www.unicri.it/icvs/publications/pdf_files/key2000i/app4.pdf
In the category, assault with force, the percentage of individuals victimized once or more for the US in 2000 is 3.4. That's lower than Australia (5.4), Canada (5.3), Denmark (3.6), England & Wales (6.1), Finland (4.2), Scotland (6.1), and Sweden (3.8). All countries combined is slightly higher than the US at 3.5.
In the category Assaults & Threats, the percentage of incidents per 100 inhabitants for the US is 6.5, same as Sweden, but lower than Australia (11.2), Canada (8.5), England & Wales (12.4), and Scotland (10.3). All nations combined is 5.9.
The rate for robbery in the US per 100 inhabitants is .6 whereas all countries combined is twice as high at 1.2.
The US is overall a very safe and secure place but with a handful of urban pockets where violent crime including murder is unfortunately very high. To issue sweeping statements like the "US is the most violent screwed up society in the world" is fatuous.

#25 Sexuality is censored but violence isn't??? Huh??? Of course there are standards governing violence in broadcast television, as vague as they may be. The networks edit a great deal of violent imagery. With cable and satellite, however, you can get just about anything from hardcore porn to faces of death.