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North American Corporate Privacy Comparison
Scooter[AMMO] writes "The Toronto Star has published an article on a study comparing the way companies protect the privacy of their customers, which is surely a topic of interest to most /.'ers. Choice quote: 'The study, the first to compare the corporate privacy practices of comparable Canadian and U.S. firms, found that Canadian businesses see their privacy practices as an opportunity to improve relations with customers, while their U.S. counterparts viewed privacy measures more as a way of complying with legislation and avoiding civil lawsuits.'"
You guys post story after story after fucking story about What Dark And Scary Times Bush Is Bringing Us, and none of this apocolyptic crap you've predicted for the past three years has happened yet. Grow up and get back to technology issues. At least you understand what the fuck you're talking about there.
In other news: Canada does everything right, America does everything wrong.
I am not typically an apologist for America, but is there ever anything good to say about this country?
Can't wait for another one of his shitty science fiction movies.
The total number of people who speak English worldwide is 508million. 280.6million of those are from the US. That's more than half. WE have the majority of English speaking people in the world, so YOU all need to learn to spell METER and COLOR and NEIGHBOR the way the majority of English speakers do.
NEWS: Another victim of Canada's "Free" Healthcare DIES when he is refused treatment and forced to go home because he forgot his health card.
"Sorry, sir, but you're just going to have to die. We would like to let you live, but we have to stick to procedure. Rules are rules. No card, no life. See, if we let you live, then the next guy's gonna want to live - then someone else will find out and we'll have to let him live too. That would just be anarchy. Yes, sir, we understand that you didn't plan on dying today and hence, didn't remember to bring your card, but we don't make these rules. We just have to abide by them. Now, if you'll just step out of line and find someplace to die, we can help the next person who remembered his card. Is there anyone here who planned on getting in an accident or maybe having a life threatening illness... oh - uh - just people who remembered to bring their cards, please. Everyone else can form an orderly line towards the exit. Thank you. Have a nice day... what little of it you may have left." I guess all the people who write me telling me that "anyone at any time, even bums who don't have a dime, can walk into a hospital and get treatment for any ailment, no questions asked, for free" can shove this one up their asses.
Canadians are fiercely nationalistic. This is a direct result of the fact that everyone on earth regards them as AMERICANS - especially Americans. It seems most "Canadian Pride" is nothing more than Anti-Americanism at best. Don't you have ANYTHING to be proud of that doesn't relate to the U.S.?
Beer - Labatt or Molson. Canadians are even nationalistic about which country they will allow to destroy their livers. If Fosters is Australian for "Beer" then Labatt must be Canadian for "Assmilk." Newfies aren't smart enough to stay away from bingo halls, but they wisely avoid Canadian beer... Instead they drink SCREECH (cheap-ass moonshine made in rum barrels). They take great pride in their beer too. It had better be good. You'd have to be pretty drunk to love Canada. Canadians also continually mention how weak American beer is compared to Canadian beer. "You Americans could never handle Canadian beer! (hic)" What's funny is that Canadian nationalism seems to make Canadians believe this when it simply isn't true. Canadian beer has almost identical alcohol percentage to American beer. Click here for proof. Most of the Canadians that take offense to this list mention that they drink micro-brewed beers from local breweries that make 10 cases of beer a week. "The US could never make a beer as good as Beaver Ass Lager from Alberta! It's 23% alcohol!" Let me drop you a hint. Almost ALL micro-brewed beers around the world are stronger and taste better than large national brands. Budweiser is not the pinnacle of American beer achievement. That doesn't mean your beer is amazing. It just means you need to learn more about different micro-brewed beers. Germany KILLS you. You think WE can't handle beer? Then why do Canadians consider 12 beers to be a "case?" In the US, 12 beers make a 12-pack. 24 beers make a case.
Back Bacon - Part of a pig, which, if it were found on a cow or chicken would be thrown away as SCRAPS.
Doughnuts - There are more doughnut shops in Canada than there are HOUSES in the US. When I was in Windsor, they literally had two Tim Hortons on opposite sides of the road, facing each other. Yeah, I guess their patrons can't run fast enough to cross the street on foot without fainting or having heart palpitations and their gas prices and weak dollar put restrictions on such a long trip in a car.
Poutine - This is a concoction (for lack of a better term) of French Fries, Thick Greasy Gravy, and Cheese. It resembles a mixture of mo
"Corporate rule" is Leftspeak for "people being able to decide for themselves". As the fascist Left is opposed to the people being able to make their own economic decisions, they want the ruling class to control everything. They are quite happy with Canadian health care, which is entirely controlled by the ruling class. Anything else where the people, not the state, are allowed to make decisions is called "corporate rule".
Never mind the fact that the government is one of the very biggest corporations around, and it is less accountable than most any private corporation.
Three whole times. Out of all the American companies in existence. Wow, thats a meaningful statistic.