In the UK distance selling regulations mean the buyer has a cooling off period of several weeks during which time they can return the goods and get a refund. Not sure how this works with downloads, but since no money has changed hands I would say the suppliers claim is tenuous at best.

I believe Abraham Lincoln once said: "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."

I think that ordinary people are capable of considering the rights of minorities, just as our current MPs are. Unless you are suggesting that a career polititian (perhaps corrupt and gaming the system) somehow is more qualified to understand minority issues - somehow I doubt it. I suspect that without the attendant risk of corruption we might see better decisions being made.

This is quite likely. According to one statistic I read 5% of Americans claim to have been abducted by aliens. That is more than 10 million abductions.

How big is the average assylum in the US?