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Comment Re:Canadian content (Score 1) 141

A company has to (theoretically) follow the laws of any country in which is does business, for business done in that country, at least. If Youtube is showing ads to Canadian viewers, they are doing business in that country. Just because a company puts their HQ in Ireland for tax purposes, it does not mean they only have to obey Irish laws when dealing with American consumers.

Comment Re:Making money is not a "moral requirement" (Score 1) 670

Since I am not an expert I am not going to state any opinion on tax rate numbers, but there is more to that prosperity than just corporate tax rates. The damage done by WWII left the US in a great position to use the manufacturing infrastructure advantage we had built up for the war effort.

Comment Re: ALL SPEECH.... (Score 1) 661

In the first set of examples (and possibly religion), they are making choices based on that support that can affect the lives of other people. Skin color is not a choice and someone's race does not affect you in any real way. I don't know about sexuality, since I don't know what makes someone non-straight.

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