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American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's a series of pendulum swings.

I am appalled by the notion of cultural wars.

We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.

It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century.

There is a barbarism in the American soul, and we must protect some of it by law. To root it out is to endanger our lives on the one hand, and our liberty on the other.

When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

I think America is just so in love with conflict.

Considering what Americans have been confronted with in the last ten years, domestically and internationally, it's clear that we need emotional outlets; we have to have some peace from our problems.