I have a similar idea. How about I buy a plane ticket to fly over and hit some sense into your silly head, and once you gain more sense, then you can dock 2% of your income to repay me the plane ticket. Sounds fair?

Duke Nukem because BFG.

Democracy = each *vote* has equal power
Capitalism = each *dollar* has equal power

We're just seeing the first half of "capitalist democracy" in action. It's how capitalism has always worked and will always work.

Same laid back security with an Aussie cruise (2012), but the fuckers at Broome airport took my fishing lures off me last october, the same lures that sailed through Melbourne's high security airport without question on the way into Broome. He let me take the telescopic fishing rod and reel on board, I tried to explain it would be easier to beat him to death with my rod and reel than it would to attack him with a fishing lure but he just mumbled the "rules are rules" platitude while staring at his shoes.

Are you shitting me, Kim is the laughing stock of planet Earth right now, the most famous clown since Bozo retired.

Why should modern Japanese still be paying for the sins of their grandfathers? - Also, if you applied similar logic to the UK/US "empires" and banned them from criticising every nation they have invaded/occupied during the 20th century, they would only be allowed to criticise each other.

That's Sony's claim, the movie chains have a different story. My guess is Sony and the movie chains planned it together with hookers and blackjack. Blaming each other just means the rest of us will never know what happened.

Yep, Sony are milking the Streisand effect for every penny and Dear Leader can't log on to FB right now, sounds like natural justice to me.

It's not the size of the debt that counts, it's your ability to make the next repayment.

1. Any currency (even gold) works on informed trust, a banknote is a promise, not a gaurentee.
2. The US is the last military superpower.
3. The US has never defaulted on a debt.
Result: US treasury bonds are considered "safer than gold" by international money markets.

Camping is about "pulling your weight" and "playing nice with others".

If you aren't a stressed out wreck then you kids are likely to be the same.

"Here we are now, entertain us" was a big hit when my kids were teenagers, but you are wrong about western civilization.

"Talking" simply means telling the kid what they did was wrong before you punish them, if you haven't told them beforehand then don't punish them. The worst thing you can do as a parent is to be inconsistent, the kids will soon learn the rules are based on your mood and by the tender age of five will be playing you like a fiddle.