While we don’t have all the facts, it might seem unlikely given the seriousness of the (alleged) situation and the fact that no one was permanently physically injured that you would get much. Bear in mind it is the UK, where people don’t usually get enormous personal injury settlements.

Whom would you sue? The other idiots who swatted you? Go for it.

Not that I’m totally disagreeing with you, but the level of intelligence of criminals is often not high. Also, there may be mental illness, drugs, or domestic violence issues involved.

I could do this all night to everyone involved in this fiasco.

The variation “do all Chinese know karate?” always puts a smile on my face.

That’s because the vast majority are either dumbasses, or happy to act like dumbasses occasionally. Racism may eventually fade away, but dumbass-ness will never change until we evolve into something else.

Me, too. Tiny heels, wide across the toes — duck feet. Shoes with laces or adjustable straps are the way to go.

Interesting that almost all the State Department cautions about Canada are planned protest demonstrations — at the U.S. consulates, at the turn U.S. politics has taken.

Interesting that almost all the State Department cautions about Canada are planned protest demonstrations — at the U.S. consulates, at the turn U.S. politics has taken.

On the contrary, there’s a hot trade in Canadian flag patches used by U.S. tourists.

I’m not sure that’s what jesucristomaria means. But this story generally reminds me of the fuss when Einstein and Freud were turned out of Germany and Austria, with little or no care about the thousands of Sarahs and Samuels, who were maybe no geniuses.

Is it too late to get the Arquette sisters as spokespeople?

As someone who was there the first time, Vincent Bugliosi’s Outrage is probably the best — he was both a successful trial lawyer and an acute observer, unlike 99.5% of the other commenters and talking heads. The People vs. OJ Simpson was...skewed somewhat in favour of Marcia Clark; I’ll just say that.

Judging from that picture, his efficiency plan will involve tattooing bar codes on the back of everyone’s neck.

Honestly, the reason why the word “sorry” stands out as Canadian English in the U.S. mind is because they use it so little. My work involves calling the States a lot, and I know.

You need to add a moose call to that description.

Speaking of people assuming things are true, the Kitty Genovese bystander story has been pretty much completely exploded. See gramercypolice’s post above about the documentary Witness. There is also a good written account in the book Superfreakonomics, and elsewhere. Long story short, there were people who called the…

Dogs aren’t.

I’d expect nothing less from the star of The Christmas Shoes and The Christmas Blessing (Christmas Shoes II). Maybe he and his sons can investigate the role of those tacky-ass shoes in death and illness in one small town.

Both are extremely adorable.