[MaulingMonkey]

> Not everyone lives in the USA.

And?

The same ideals and rights embodied within our constitution can be found as similarly protected rights well outside of the USA. Even ignoring that, the point would still stand: The blanket statement that "you" (generalizing to all those harshly critiquing the continued development of Cryptocat) "don't have the right" is incorrect.

If you suppose that freedom of speech isn't a universal human right, you could argue that not everybody has the right. But I would disagree with that assertion, as would the signatories of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

> Your amendments are utterly irrelevant to Europeans, for example.

They are utterly relevant not only in history, and how they affect those you may interact with, but also -- as is occurring here -- in the discussion of what rights one should (or shouldn't) have, by pointing out what rights were deemed worthy of enshrining in the highest laws of one of the largest countries of this world.

They may not be law in Europe, but that's a far cry from being irrelevant.

[jessaustin]

Jeez dude. Stop oppressing Europeans by discussing speech rights.