Things don't happen in a vacuum. Every person is, at least to some extent, a product of their environment. I don't think we should ignore the external influences (either the presence or absence thereof) when we talk about cases like this. If his mother was a gun nut (and I don't know if she was) and preached it to her…

"I'm in it due to my lifelong study of social contract theory and political economy."

Actually, it's the total opposite. If I was on a jury, I would insist on evidence. You seem happy to be guided by your faith, assumptions, intuition and biases.

You are conflating "knowing" and "believing".

How could they know he was innocent without a basis for that knowledge, i.e. evidence? Evidence is the basis for knowing anything (except when it comes to religion).

Um, withholding evidence that would exonerate some of a criminal offence is hopefully not football.

99%? Go fuck yourself.

At least you got a good column out if it.

Literally writing this while literally watching Ted, and this and your review are bang on. Although I disagree re Wahlberg - I think he pulls it off fine. It's the bear who ruins the movie. Not likeable in the least.

Emancipatory is the only word that properly describes it.

Sorry to hear about that colitis - I have a close friend who had it really bad in his teens and 20's before mostly getting it under control, and it was TERRIBLE. I really hope I never have to get a barium enema.

"Anal birth" is very evocative. Thank you for sharing that. Or not. ;P

Are you telling me the nose is not an orifice?

What is wrong with a giant BM? You drop one of those and you feel like you just woke up from 8 hours of great sleep.

That's actually kind of awesome.

Agree 100%.

Said the police: "Sorry, man. Our bad."

Among the players with a therapeutic exemption, Brett Lawrie alone was responsible for 91% of their total Adderall consumption. Yet still he exhibited obvious symptoms of ADD during games pretty much all the time.

Yes, you've come full circle because your argument is circular. And you've also contradicted yourself - you say that location doesn't matter and then talk about moving to a place that has a geographic advantage.

The willingness of doctors to hand out powerful drugs, including narcotics, is another thing about the U.S. that is crazy, said the Canadian.