Not this again. We have millions of registered guns in Australia. We like our huntin' too. But handguns and automatic weapons have never been a part of the culture.

That has nothing do do with our silly laws. It would be the same in NZ or US - if you were negligent and did not follow required standards, your insurance would be lost. And in neither case would there likely be criminal charges, let alone jail. It would have to be arson for that.

Yeah, so quick it happened decades ago.

Maybe I missed a joke, but it is illegal to change you own light socket or switch in Australia, instead of calling a licensed electrician.
But there is nothing to stop you buying the parts from the local hardware store, and I never heard of anyone being prosecuted.

Really? Why not? I live on the other side of the world, and barely know anyone who has never been to France, aside from kids.
Rich students, others having saved up from their first job for a months backpacking, older couples on bus tours when the kids finally grew up, ...
Its hard to imagine living just across the N Atlantic and never going to Europe. Or worse, going to Europe but not France!

Of course most of them speak better English than I will ever speak French. Still useful for Quebec, where they simply refuse to speak English :)

If people criticise the US, it is because we still expect a higher standard from the US than from the "corrupt, despotic, oppressive hell-hole", not because the US is worse. Nobody expects rule of law in central Asia, but we still get upset when American 3-letter agencies or others can ignore the law with no consequences. Is that unfair? "But mom, China did it first!" is no excuse.

I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them J F Davisam.

It sounds like education in the US is a lot like heath care.
The US governments spend about 8% of GDP on health care, more per capita than most other developed countries, but most people get little of no cover from that.
Apparently the US spends an awful lot on education, more than many other countries where anyone can afford college without risking bankruptcy.

From TFA:

Maybe you have been watching too much TV. The article is about the US, not Jamaica or the Congo.

Its not small like a typo or misspelling an uncommon word. It makes it look like the poster never reads, but only learns English from the spoken word.
Definitely uncouth and affects his credibility.

Don't we always say here, "obscuring is not securing"?

Don't be silly. God created the universe with the light already in place between the stars, so we could behold the wonder of His creation.
This is easy for a being who can create a world with fossilised bones in place to test our faith.

How can you hope to disprove a magical being with tricks of science and logic?

Mod parent informative. Breast-fed baby poo smells very nice. Hold off on solids as long as you can :)
Some of the surprises in parenthood are actually pleasant.

That sounds like a US perspective? Atheism is often the norm in more educated people in other developed countries.

If only it were that simple. this is Africa - even the school-teachers believe that sort of thing.
Thabo Mbeki, educated in London, still goes around saying AIDS is not caused by a virus. Normal for sub-Saharan Africa, sadly.