Oh, come on! Everyone knows that change is always 100% bad for everyone. All the time.

The people that need to be worried are small countries whose grain belts may move beyond its borders.

Are they building their new nuclear reactors with 50 year old technology on fault lines next to an ocean with an insufficient battery back up? That would be the only reason a sensible person would look at the Fukushima and decide not to build a nuclear power plant.

That is a possiblity, but I'm working with understanding that the personality of the adult is formed, and cemeted, in the youth. If they're not indoctrinated in their youth, they may not be compelled to buy, buy, buy as adults. Once it's cemented, it's incredibly difficult to change.

Besides, as I also mentioned, I'm not a neglectful parent. I explain a great many things to them. Including the tricks of advertising (know thy enemy). I also teach by example. I don't buy all the latest, greatest things. Teaching by example just may be the greatest way to teach.

You can't -- yet -- adblock television, but Neflix works for now.

December, two years ago, I ditched broadcast TV in favor of Netflix and what I could find online (mostly Hulu). A couple of months later, I caught my young children watching this cool new show they just found on Netflix: Voltron. It brought back memories, so I say down and watched it with them. At one point, the screen darkened. It's the spot where a commercial could've gone, but the video just faded back in and picked up where there story left off. It hit me, there aren't any ads in Netflix shows.

Over the next several months I realized that my children asked less often for toys and other consumer items. Now, a year and a half after switching Netflix, my children only ask for stuff less than a quarter of what they used to do. And what they do ask for are stuff like video games, slingshots, and skateboards.

I realized that cutting them off from the constant bombardment of "Buy! Buy! Buy!" of commercials -- that use psychological tricks -- has short circuited their indoctrination into the cult of consumerism.

Taking commercials out of their lives in one of the best things I've ever done for them (in additional to attentive parenting). I recommend you other parents do the same.

As an American: at least he's honest about it. My politicians just issue bald-faced lies.

But if you don't spin it that way, then you can't crap on Americans. Which is often the point; facts be damned.

I thought you were better than this. You have the best privacy laws in the world.

I hope they find a way to stop it. It's not too late is it?

Disclosure: I'm American and have been jealous of Canada's privacy laws for years. Now I just feel sad for them.

So you mean that if you respect the privacy of your citizens (Canada has the best privacy laws in the world) and don't treat them like criminals...that they won't generally act like criminals?

I'm freakin' shocked.

In other words, those that are more likely to achieve their financial goals are better at time management. But we're not supposed to say unflattering things about the poor, or say flattering things about those that aren't.

It can't be that those in the lower financial class are bad with time management, but that electronic devices are evil.

Thanks for explaining what Linux Mint and Cinnamon are, but what do you mean by "fork"? And what's "GNOME Shell"? Also, why is part of your text underlined and and not black? ;)

You're right, CDs are crappy. That's why I always bring a live band with me when I drive to and from work.

Canada should be embarrassed. I mean, they have some of the best privacy laws of any country.

On a related note, as an American, could I borrow some?

This sort of honesty is rare. For the reasons that you stated.

It's clear that J.K. Rowling is part of the piracy problem.