America is the only country in the developed world where school massacres are a semi-regular event. You people really should shut the fuck up with your diversion of the blame away from where it squarely belongs, at the culture of gun ownership and denial that guns are a problem.

Then why, pray tell, is America the only country in the developed world where children being massacred in their classrooms by lunatics with firearms is a semi-regular occurrence?

Fuck off. Guns are designed to kill people and they make it a whole lot easier to do so. What is it going to take to make you fucking yanks wake up and smell the coffee? The rest of the civilized world is looking on in complete and utter bafflement as to why you're still living in this little dreamworld where guns are not a problem. FFS they have mentally ill people in Europe too, but America is the only place in the civilized world where you can expect children to be massacred in their classrooms on a regular basis.

Guns are a problem.
Guns are a problem.
Guns are a problem.

Fact. What is it going to take to get this into your thick skulls?

Stop denying it. Stop fucking denying it!!!!

No, I think he meant bringing the USA up to date with the rest of the civilized world where it's not acceptable that children should be massacred in their schools on a semi regular basis, where gun control laws actually control guns, and where (gasp) gun crime is nowhere near as prolific as in America.

You know what? On a day like this, I think this is a really good time for the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" and the "gun laws don't work" crowd to finally shut the fuck up.

Quite. Here's another /. prediction that we all remember well:

What the fuck is it with /. that attracts so many pessimistic know-it-alls who have to piss on everything on the day of its launch?

How the hell do you know how much money they've got? STFU.

But it is for the state to decide that kids are taught accurate information about what the current state of scientific play is. That's what this does.

By that time we'll all have arrived at the same standard of living, so governments will have to find other ways to make their countries a better place in which to invest and do business.

Sorry, but the facts are out there. The number of collisions at intersections is reduced when roundabouts replace stoplights. There are still some collisions, such as sideswipes that you describe, but there's no T-bone collisions at high speed which are lethal. And yes, it replaces stop-and-go traffic with a more gentle trickle. Do you actually prefer to spend ages sitting idling at red lights just so you can spend a few seconds gunning it to the next red light? Maybe you do, but that doesn't help road safety or emissions.

Sounds like a candidate for a part time signal controlled roundabout then. Only activate the signals at busy times like when there's an event at your arena.

Roundabouts.

They also improve traffic flow and eliminate the need for 4-lanes in each direction to store stopped idling cars.

Nut roast is a good substitute for turkey and a lot easier to cook. And no animals were harmed in the making of it.

From TFA:

"These hunting events involve capturing or breeding pigeons in cages, and releasing a large number of birds from cages to immediately be shot or wounded by hunters."

So it's okay to be cruel to animals as long as there are bigger problems in the world? Who are you? Jeffrey Dahmer?

Didn't realise pigeons were a delicacy in Pennsylvania. Quoth TFA:

"These hunting events involve capturing or breeding pigeons in cages, and releasing a large number of birds from cages to immediately be shot or wounded by hunters."

If I thought this was going on on private land or public land I'd still say that there are some sickos out there.

Now now. We want to be very careful what we say about OJ Simpson. After all, he killed his wife and is a very nasty bloke.

Who gives a toss? When I'm reading my non-back-lit ePaper Nook I just touch the screen and the next page in the book appears. When I'm reading my eBook I'm engrossed in what's going on in the story. The last thing I'm interested in is some bells and whistles and crumpled paper sound effects and other distracting shit. Apple can do what they like.