If you can make an appointment... it's not an emergency, is it?

It is a really weird system we have, tipping as a matter of course. In most jobs, if you don't work properly, your boss fixes it (by talking to you, firing you, etc.). It should be the same in the service industry. If you give good service, you keep your job. If you give bad service, you don't keep your job. While you work, you make a decent wage. It works in Europe, why not in North America?

So, don't spank your kids, just soak them in chemicals???

Just think, his punishment was harsher than that received by an N.B.A. 'star' for felony firearms possesion.

No. It will not save agriculture, but it might add some jobs. It might cause an increase in crime and use. Until a Federal law is passed, this may cause more problems than it is worth.

@Julien

How is not wanting a "metallic arc thingy" a "leftist" position?

Hmmm... seems like many of these "cities" are actually car-oriented suburbs. Kind of cramps kids' styles if they have to depend on their parents for rides everywhere, no?