The very nature of human means that at some point, there's going to be trafficking and exploitation, being it prostitution, drugs or cheap labour. The track records for alcohol, junk food or even automobile weren't exactly stellar either. And don't get me started on money itself. More...

According to whose ethical code? Yours or the church's? And what if you and the church can't agree? What makes you superior to the church? The acceptance of homosexuality is nothing more than an equilibrium of conditions which are constantly shifting. There was a time marrying anybody with the...

I think the least we could do is to acknowledge that poverty does have a role in a capitalist system just like mutation is important to create genetic diversity. From Adma's picture, just think of Bart as an ape and the three eyed fish as a human, then you would see why mutation is important. Of...

Oh, I am sure there's no incentive. Please light your house on fire and wait for the fire department to put out the fire (for free). :)

Since the attrition rate for unions is not high, cutting 1 out of 2 does not equal to cutting the total number in half. Not for another 30 years at least. However, your concern is very valid. The cut has to be universal, or politicians tend to cut the easier targets, leaving militant unions...

And who is to make this "strong moral code"? Even the old testament was out dated. They had to issue a new one to show God wasn't that vengeful after all.

Should I remind you that Spartacus was performed by actors and nobody was actually killed? Although to be honest, the gladiator part was pretty boring. It's the political struggle where the senator and Crassus trying to auto-maneuver each other that was the interesting part.

Exactly. Mutation is natural. Do we need a solution for mutation? No, we don't. First of all, it's next to impossible to do. Secondly, even if by some fluke chances we succeeded, it would be a disaster, since mutation is an integral part of human biology. It was mutation that made us human...

Forced labour camps (and slavery) are out of fashion because they were an inefficient usage of labour. Unforced labours work much harder and likely for a lower cost too. Unless they are public sector workers of course. Televised gladiatorial combat would be very expensive. From a viewer's...

Cancer is not a natural part of a society. it's a mutation of our body. It's a disease and it serves no purpose (other than to keep our population in control). Poverty, on the other hand, is an integral part of our society. Can you imagine a society without poverty, without suffering? It would...

Who said that's the solution for poverty and homelessness? Torontovibe was asking about the unused rink, it's a solution for that, no? Poverty is a natural part of a society. It's not a problem, so why do we need a solution for it?

Wouldn't selling off all public housing buildings (on the open market) solve the problem then? I think that's one thing Ford proposed, although I am not happy with the "rent subsidize" part. :)

You think private sector employees don't bust their asses as young employees? If you can justify the wage you are paid, then you wouldn't have a problem competing with everybody else, would you? As for the question of "permanent" employees, I suspect there will be some legal battles and maybe...

Well, I guess the lesson is people of Toronto are either bigots (since they voted for bigots) or totally gullible. The end result is that we got a lying drunken bigot as our mayor through a democratic election. And of course Ford is the one out of touch. If that's the lesson progressives...

I am afraid that it's you who is not making sense. You can not quantitatively prove that not contracting out garbage helps private sector workers. You can not even prove that it would "Turning well paid union jobs into decent-to-poorly paid non-union jobs" since most private contractors are...

Ford did promise tax cuts and the vehicle tax is likely to be gone soon. Last time I checked, Sony was a private company, so were the Japanese car markers. Therefore, your example showed that without the public sector, private companies do compete with each other just fine. And your...

Here is an article written by Edward Keenan 4 years ago warning that Ford could be a powerful force despite being a lunatic: http://www.eyeweekly.com/city/article/86510 Then in September, Keenan wrote another article which he accurately pointed out the problem...

Ah, wouldn't that be a fun argument. But, as I said, it's irrelevant. The law is the law. No matter how disagreeable they may be, they need to be upheld or the foundation of our society would be shaken.

I will say this, if they did break the law, then they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I suspect you and me would have very different opinions on minimum wages, but that's irrelevant.

Didn't he beat Joe Pantalone? Wasn't he progressive? If Toronto can't even field a progressive candidate, then that's even a bigger tragedy. Do you honestly think that now the people know that Kouvalis didn't pay their campaign workers a lot, they would like to change their votes? I doubt...