Not really opposed but, unless there are resources there worth using to further space exploration, it just seems kind of dumb.

If we can build a habitat on the moon, why not just build it farther out in the solar system, where there might actually something that hasn't been studied to death?

Going to war to stop killing. That's a really bad idea, especially in this case. If I have a relative in Iran who is on death row then, presumably, I have other family in Iran as well. A war would put them in great danger of dying as well. How would that help?

In addition, more people in the west really need to realize that most Iranians don't like this Islamic regime. But they are trapped in it. Threats of war (or, god forbid, an actual war) would just boost the strength of the regime. People there may not like it, but they prefer it (as anyone would) to invasion by a foreign country.

I can't recall ever seeing a homeless child* in Toronto. I lived downtown there for over a decade. Never saw a homeless child in any other Canadian city either. Have you? Where? Honestly curious.

*Obviously, I'm not counting squeegee kids, I mean young children, like under 10 years old.

Similarly, I have hundreds of downloaded books, many of which I will probably never read. For the purpose of this poll I only counted the books that I have put on my ereader as the equivalent of having been bought. Buying or putting on the ereader imply about the same intent to read, IMO.

Yes, in fact we've known for quite a while that MS has a lower cost of 0wnership.

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That link just took me to a sign-in page.

You talking about this? I didn't see anything there about being operating system agnostic.

Sure, all the parties lie and hide things that they have done. But can you name instances where the other parties are suppressing things that independent 3rd parties, like scientists, have done?

So, can you tell me about some similar infractions the Libs are guilty of? Have they ever suppressed the release of scientific and sociological data, or stopped it from being collected in the first place? I'd like to hear about it. Not being sarcastic.

I hear that a lot, and maybe it's true in other countries. But in Canada, yes, you do need to be specific in targeting the Conservatives.

This Conservative government is an anti-fact government. They don't like evidence getting in the way of their agenda. From this, to the abolishment of the long-form census, to firing scientists who speak out, to going ahead with their "tough-on-crime, lock-'em-all-up" strategy in the face of evidence around the world that it doesn't work. The other parties are not like this. True, the other parties sometimes have other faults, but this abhorrence of data, facts and objectivity in general is a Conservative thing.

Well, I don't disagree with anything you said. I guess anyone who looks at a recent Samsung would say they're copying Apple. But if they *had* to, they *could* work around the Apple patents. They may not, because they're trying to copy something popular and they don't want to stop because it's making them gobs of money. But I'd guess they could. otoh, Apple probably can't invent new forms of wireless technology or solid state mass storage.