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In Nova Scotia we have among the most draconian rules regarding waste management. Every home is equiped with a large green container on wheels. All waste food products and organic matter is collected in these biweekly. This is taken to municipal composting facilities where it is turned into...

We have a winner! I couldn't have said it better. It's only been briefly touched on, but it needs repeating: The level of education in a population's women has a direct correlation to the birth rate. In the Western World, women tend to be well educated and thus able to logically think of the...

Thanks guys and gals! It's great having a brithday this time of year, because you get to hear people singing "Glory to the new born king" all the time....quite a nice ego boost! I plan on having a pint for all of you!

Per, I don't think the kitty is in any pain. He's just extremely fluffy, so it lo0oks like he's stuffed in there. Possibly the same feline:

Fair enough. My bad, dude. I have heard a philosophical argument that might be relevant to this situation (though not speifically to your question). It's called "Molyneux's Question," but don't ask me who the hell Molyneux was. Essentially, it asks if a person raised in isolation form all other...

Were you raised by wolves and are now having monkey babies? Yep. Next question please.

I stand corrected then. Nice post. Does anyone think it kind of weird that in an age of increasing globalization and integration that this kind of tribalism is actually on the rise, instead of retreating? It seems rather paradoxical. Perhaps it's a defense mechanism - they see their identity...

I thought Belgium was a great example of how numerous cultures can co-exist peacfully.

Actually, by the 1860's French speaking peoples in the Maritimes constituted only a tiny portion of the region's population. The only districts in which they existed in any significant numbers were Madawaska and Restigouche counties in northern New Brunwsick. It was only in the early 20th...

Not to put too fine a point on it, but which wrongs would those be? From the Quebec Act in the 1760's, the Quebecois have been gaurenteed freedom of religion, full enfranchisement, full rights to property, the perpetuation of their own legal traditions, etc. And each province was not meant to...

So just a few minutes ago, the Federal Parliament in Ottawa passed a motion recognizing the Quebecois as "a nation within Canada". This came after a surprize announcement by the Prime Minister that he was going to table such a resolution, and after a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal...

That wasn't really my point, but you are correct (as usual). If this happened in Canada, you can bet the only legal distributors of it would be the government itself! They love monopolies! Not only can quality be regulated, they can also inflate prices (every provincial government does it with...

Because what happens in the United States is of so much more consequence to the UK's economy, society, and whatnot than what happens in Mexico or Australia. Face it, man, America matters to everyone in the world. Much more so than any other country, really. To quote former Canadian Prime...

I read some statistics a while ago that said that most of the people in American jails are there because of drug offenses and related crimes. That got me thinking - the drug cartel world, and all the violence associated with it, is a lot like the alcohol cartels which thrived in the 1920's in...

Have a good one, mate! Truely some of the most breathtaking artistry I've ever seen.

Sadly, the Bible has very little to do with the Christians who would ban books. If they truely read the Bible for what it is - a series of lessons taught by analogy - then we'd not be having half the problems we have int he world. Most importantly, if they did that, they probably would know...

It's impossible to say. It really depends on how you define adulthood, I guess. Since the human body never stops changing and developing from the day you're born until the day you die, there's no single static stage we can pin down as "adulthood". It's a completely cultural and/or sociological...

You're confusing the "Right" with the Libertarians. In the United States, it is true, that many people in the Republican party happen to be both on the political right AND libertarian, but that doesn't make them the same thing. Left-winged thinking can be libertarian too. In fact, you'll find...

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Logi has very little to do with it, my friend. Again, that falls under "logic" which we can both agree doesn't enter into their minds. I actually heard an interview from when some town decided to ban Harry Potter in schools. A whiney fundie Christian was recorded as saying "No, I haven't read...