>> natural differences exist [citation needed]

It would certainly make the Bank of England's regulation more effective if it became known they had a death ray and were willing to use it.

Sort of. He did agree to their removal, though.

Sure, I'll do your googling for you. Starter for ten.

They are not much higher, they are on the order of 10-20% higher. And this should not make any difference in countries with a sane medical system, such as the UK - yet it persists.

Umm, the point of the GPL is not altruism. It is to create software that the end user has the right to inspect and modify. So yes, if altruism is your goal, public domain your code and be done with it (this works perfectly well for, say, SQLite).

Balancing the evil is the fact that women tend to take time off to do irritating things like have babies.

Well, there is good evidence that blindly hiring to a quota raises productivity more than blindly selecting the "best" applicants, for a start.

Where is your evidence that either of those things are the case?

Speaking as a Londoner, I can live without a detailed knowledge of what's running in the West End and just make do with being taken to my destination for half the cost.

Except that none of the foregoing is true; it is merely the fantasies of those who wish to claim themselves as the Master Race. From Wikipedia: "It is still not resolved what relation, if any, there is between group differences in IQ and race."

So please, take your racist bullshit elsewhere.

And how much reading aloud do you do with him/her?

Yes, but it is an open question as to whether it was regulation or the rise of the concept of the trusted brand (as well as the development of tort law; issues like Donoghue v Stevenson were not settled until the early 20th century) that was responsible for driving improvements.

Somehow I guess the commission makes it a lot less boring.

Actually, the UK has significantly less - something like 3/4 per 10,000 as opposed to the US, which is something over 10 per 10,000. The disparity is smaller after controlling for miles driven but still around half. Mostly due to better driver training, safety standards enforcement, and drink-driving laws.