The comparison of Tim as a US citizen ranting in California to Tim as a guest in Anguilla ranting in Anguilla is not really fair. If Tim were a French citizen in the USA, and ranting about crypto-anarchy and destabilizing governments on street corners (or communism or something), he *might not* get his visa/work-permit renewed in the USA. Tim is very safe in the USA partly because he does not have to get a visa renewed. If Tim were an Anguillian citizen I think it would be totally safe for him to rant in Anguilla either on the net or in person, about crypto-anarchy and destabilizing of governments or whatever. It would have no impact on getting a work-permit or visa renewed because he would not be doing that. Anguilla is not so very different in all this than the USA. The US decides not to renew some visa on a totally different level of evidence than that used to lock someone up in jail. And in Anguilla freedom of speech is officially guaranteed in the constitution but, like the US, pornography, is somewhat controlled. But I don't believe there is any danger of an Anguillian citizen getting troubled by the government for ranting. The big difference between Anguilla and the USA is that banks, by law, can not give out information to anyone, and there is no sales tax or income tax, and no need to report sales or income amounts to anyone. In the USA banks have to give anything the government wants to the government. The level of privacy in Anguilla is far higher than the USA. I know I am repeating this, but... -- Vince