Hahaha. Not sure if you're being sarcastic. If you are, then disregard the following.

In the event that you're being earnest, let's just ignore the racial disparity in arrests, sentencing, prison population and executions. That's what you want right? "Shhh if we don't acknowledge it it's not there."

It's one thing to quibble over whether the guy behind the McDonald's looked at you funny because of race, it's another thing to deny racism in the face of verifiable demographics, especially in a context where the very lives of those affected literally hang in the balance.

If your starting point is that we should ignore racism in the criminal justice system, or that it doesn't exist in the first place, then you are the type of person who either lies or refuses to acknowledge facts before your face and you really don't have anything meaningful to contribute to this conversation.

Lol it's bad enough that black people are already disproprotionately executed. Now you want to add a financial incentive to the for-profit prison model by harvesting organs? What could go wrong?

"Whhhhhhhhhat? You're telling me we could be getting paid for executing black people? Where do I sign up?!"

Well I'm Canadian so that makes me a terrorist I guess anyways?

As if the NSA isn't treating American citizens with the exact same hostility, fat chance. It's always been government vs public in every police state ever...

So the government is probably spying on everyone, but a particular person doesn't have standing unless they can specifically prove they were spied on.

On the other hand, selectively not answering certain questions is now equivalent to answering those questions with whatever answer fits the police officer's narrative.

Interesting what counts as speculation and what doesn't.

Great so basically we give up all our liberties and get no safety, but at least we can find the terrorists after they blow things up.

When have innocent people ever in the history of humanity been unfairly punished? Come on, guys.

Very true. Hadn't thought of it from that angle before but excellent point. Of course if they ever get into power they can just enact their own laws (presumably they have support if they were voted in..)

So much win. so. much. win.

We should totally just wait and see, and while we're waiting lets continue changing the biosphere.

It's sort of like inventing new chemicals and giving them to people as medicine because testing them is not feasible or possible. I agree, there isn't enough data, which is precisely why we should keep the planet as it is until we understand exactly what we can safely do to it.

Yea it's BS there are tons of ways around these things. Also, they can't pay him because he isn't an adult old enough to abide by their terms and conditions or whatever, doesn't that gut every EULA everywhere? "My 16 year old installed it."

Unless the next sentence is, "And now that I'm aware of it I'm going to make an effort to not be so hateful," then you need a different profession.

cool story bro. Pay more for less if it makes you happy :)

Your country is hardly a shining example of independence, giving the hold corporations have over your "elected" officials.

Fair enough :) my bad.

I'd still take Canadian healthcare and affordable education with the Harper government over the US approach.

Hunger overrides aversion to insects. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0715_040715_tvinsectfood.html QED on the instincts part.

Aversion to eating dog in Western society is about as strong as their aversion to consciously eating insects, and we can easily see how the former is culturally taught.

Ditto. We laugh in your general direction, US. (that is, south...for those of you priced out of knowing that we are to your north).

Affordable education, free healthcare (even in taxes it costs less per capita than what you pay, and our population is healthier by most measures), fewer crazy extremists....

Get it together, America...you're embarrassing the continent. Especially when you scream "We're number 1!" Number one in what? Per capita incarceration? Yay.