Oh, come on. You're talking 2nd Amendment, admit it. Well, let me put it this way: the people of Afghanistan had FULL freedom to bear arms. Always did. Did it help vs the Taliban? No. Does it help against USAF bombings from 30,000 ft and cruise missiles? Absolutely not. It's an outdated idea, which is inappropriate for modern urban societies. On the other hand, I see no problem with farmers and hunters having reasonably unrestricted ability to own appropriate firearms. Also, I think that current US gun control regulations are in blatant violation of the 2nd Amendment. (Even though I don't agree with the Amendment, it should be repealed before it's violated.)
Actually, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, part of the 1984 Constitution, does specifically protect the freedom of expression.
Of course, Quebec has yet to sign it:) Still, even the British North America Act and the 1950s-60s Bill of Rights protected it, albeit probably in a little more limited manner.
Absolutely nothing wrong with it. It was an excellent play, with lots of little bits of humor slipped in. As a person who had the opportunity to work closely with the Manhattan Theatre Clubs' Teaching Artists in Proof-related activities, and one who's met David Auburn and the guy that played Hal in the original cast, I really, really liked the play. BTW, if anyone REALLY likes the play and wants to buy my autographed (by both Auburn and the guy who played Hal) book, I'm willing to part with it for adequate compensation.:)
Gigabyte (the motherboard manufacturer) is pretty horrible when it comes to standing by their products as well... Through an AMD Channel program, I purchased an AMD Athlon 650 MHz and an AMD-750 based motherboard, the Gigabyte GA-7IX, for $200 US (remember, this is like a month after the original Athlon debuted. Sweet deal back then, though AMD.com was slashdotted 100x over for Channel people ordering this...)... To this day there is no version of a BIOS available on Gigabyte's site that will:
a) NOT disable the L2 cache.
b) Allow me to use the Power button on my keyboard.
These are both features that work alternately with different versions of the BIOS. The latest BIOS for my motherboard is F4a, which is still beta. Has been since I got it over a year ago.
Well, the Canadian parliamentary style of government is a bit different, and Canadian corporations are not nearly as large and influential. The big difference is that in Canada, each Member of Parliament only represents about 100,000 or so people, which is less than state legislature districts in some of the bigger US states. This means that Members are relatively closer to their constituents, and corporate influence is harder to hide. In addition, the Prime Minister is simply the MP who is the leader of the majority party: he has to be elected just like any other MP, so again, he/she has to stay close to their constituents. The Senate is appointed (and useless anyways... they never turn down any law the elected MPs send them), so it's basically the election of MPs that is the main electoral process here. The big thing is, though, these days, US-controlled subsidiaries are starting to have a lot of clout up North, and their lobbying power is huge... They can still lobby Parliament as a whole between elections, and pull off DMCAs and UCITAs... Still, if public awareness is high enough (as in the case of the anti-UCITA movement in the US, which has been very successful so far), it's probably harder to get such an oppressive law passed in Canada. Unlike the Americans, we think that adults (18-year olds) who can vote, live alone, do everything including fight for their country, can also be trusted with alcohol... So our laws usually end up making a little more sense.
Yes, of course. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, part of the Constitution of 1982, ratified by every province except those weird Quebecois... Always with the separatism cr**...
As a curious Pakistani, I wanna ask you a question I'm sure many other Pakistanis are interested in hearing the answer to as well: what the heck happened in the 1999 Cricket World Cup final? Was it the Foster's? If so, maybe Pakistan should start letting non-Muslim players on their cricket team...
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Oh, come on. You're talking 2nd Amendment, admit it. Well, let me put it this way: the people of Afghanistan had FULL freedom to bear arms. Always did. Did it help vs the Taliban? No. Does it help against USAF bombings from 30,000 ft and cruise missiles? Absolutely not. It's an outdated idea, which is inappropriate for modern urban societies.
On the other hand, I see no problem with farmers and hunters having reasonably unrestricted ability to own appropriate firearms. Also, I think that current US gun control regulations are in blatant violation of the 2nd Amendment. (Even though I don't agree with the Amendment, it should be repealed before it's violated.)
Actually, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, part of the 1984 Constitution, does specifically protect the freedom of expression.
:) Still, even the British North America Act and the 1950s-60s Bill of Rights protected it, albeit probably in a little more limited manner.
Of course, Quebec has yet to sign it
Absolutely nothing wrong with it. It was an excellent play, with lots of little bits of humor slipped in. As a person who had the opportunity to work closely with the Manhattan Theatre Clubs' Teaching Artists in Proof-related activities, and one who's met David Auburn and the guy that played Hal in the original cast, I really, really liked the play. BTW, if anyone REALLY likes the play and wants to buy my autographed (by both Auburn and the guy who played Hal) book, I'm willing to part with it for adequate compensation. :)
Gigabyte (the motherboard manufacturer) is pretty horrible when it comes to standing by their products as well... Through an AMD Channel program, I purchased an AMD Athlon 650 MHz and an AMD-750 based motherboard, the Gigabyte GA-7IX, for $200 US (remember, this is like a month after the original Athlon debuted. Sweet deal back then, though AMD.com was slashdotted 100x over for Channel people ordering this...)... To this day there is no version of a BIOS available on Gigabyte's site that will:
a) NOT disable the L2 cache.
b) Allow me to use the Power button on my keyboard.
These are both features that work alternately with different versions of the BIOS. The latest BIOS for my motherboard is F4a, which is still beta. Has been since I got it over a year ago.
Well, the Canadian parliamentary style of government is a bit different, and Canadian corporations are not nearly as large and influential. The big difference is that in Canada, each Member of Parliament only represents about 100,000 or so people, which is less than state legislature districts in some of the bigger US states. This means that Members are relatively closer to their constituents, and corporate influence is harder to hide. In addition, the Prime Minister is simply the MP who is the leader of the majority party: he has to be elected just like any other MP, so again, he/she has to stay close to their constituents. The Senate is appointed (and useless anyways... they never turn down any law the elected MPs send them), so it's basically the election of MPs that is the main electoral process here. The big thing is, though, these days, US-controlled subsidiaries are starting to have a lot of clout up North, and their lobbying power is huge... They can still lobby Parliament as a whole between elections, and pull off DMCAs and UCITAs... Still, if public awareness is high enough (as in the case of the anti-UCITA movement in the US, which has been very successful so far), it's probably harder to get such an oppressive law passed in Canada. Unlike the Americans, we think that adults (18-year olds) who can vote, live alone, do everything including fight for their country, can also be trusted with alcohol... So our laws usually end up making a little more sense.
Yes, of course. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, part of the Constitution of 1982, ratified by every province except those weird Quebecois... Always with the separatism cr**...
As a curious Pakistani, I wanna ask you a question I'm sure many other Pakistanis are interested in hearing the answer to as well: what the heck happened in the 1999 Cricket World Cup final? Was it the Foster's? If so, maybe Pakistan should start letting non-Muslim players on their cricket team...