I have to learn to live with them, find common ground. It is the fear of having to give up too much of my ground that fills me with such passionate angry energy.' From this thought of Hoffman, who must "adapt" to whom? What happens to the concept of a country that promotes all freedoms, of thoughts and beliefs, different backgrounds and cultures, the only place on the face of the earth where any person can be anyone? Hoffman's anger now makes sense and is justified in saying so