Hey now, 1% diversity in Canada? No way. These are pretty much all the people I spend any time with: three buddies I spend time with at work, one is originally from Hong Kong, other from Malaysia and third from Kenya (but he looks like he's from India, as the roots are actually there). My current team lead is a white guy (married with Chinese) and my manager is from Middle East judging by his name. Of my two good friends (that's how many I've got ;( ), both were born here but one's mother is from India and father from Malaysia while other is white guy with red hair, quarter Swedish, half French-Canadian, quarter, I can't remember, Scottish? Sounds pretty diverse to me, and I didn't fudge and omit anyb... (well maybe a few of old friends expatriates). Anyway, no country is perfect, arguing it can only promote bad feelings. It's just, there certainly exist valid points to criticize Canada for, but lack of diversity isn't one of them.
As for the topic, this is something I've had a beef with too. I've been asked once or twice to check in my bag (kind of legal briefcase) in some local dvd/cd/electronics stores. Given that I spend in each of them several times their average customer, and do that often (much too often), I really get pissed off. It's enough that I keep getting screwed up with sales taxes and RIAA & MPAA fees galore as I keep shopping. I help the economy yet get punished for it. And then they want me to check in my bag? What, I'm going to steal a lousy CD? Or what's that stupid business now with games not being in the boxes, more delays at the counter?? Jeez, shoplifting is a part of life and business, deal with it. It costs you money? I don't care. When was the last time that the jerks have reduced the prices because all those high tech shoplifting measures surely have helped over last decade or two? Or they claim that they do that so that they can keep up their "low" prices. Riiight. They aren't low, and besides most of that stuff is only worth on paper (i.e. intellectual property). Either way I don't care. If you can afford to spend so much money on friggin' security measures that slow down people (I don't mind passive scanners but I do mind having to take off several usually well glued and hard-to-reach friggin' metal labels on CD and DVD cases once I get them home), you can also afford a system that will let you recognize regular well-spending customers by face and recognize them instead of harassing them, or at least leave them alone. So they keep saying "help the economy, help the economy, spend money", yet if you do that, they say "spread your cheeks" and stuff the big rolled up bill there. Why, if I were in Texas, I'd stuff their fat @#$$ into washroom and have them wipe with paper inserts from those CDs with all labels and such till they are sore down there (just kidding!) or... well, no, I wouldn't do that (even if I could), we Canadians are nice. Nice that is until they REALLY piss us off. That goverment better watch out then...
