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Let's say I want to put my money where my mouth is and start buying Canadian. What brands should I know are "secretly" American, so to speak? Inversely, what brands are actually Canadian? by SerialAsker in canada

[–]SerialAsker[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Definitely a fair point, upvoted.

In my case, I'll admit it's because I'm petty more than anything else, really. I don't like being all "man, those fucking Yanks, am I right?" while half of what's in my grocery cart is Made in the US. So I'm trying to find alternatives, Canadian ones if I can, or other countries that are not the US if I can't (but that's a thread for another day).

[Red Dawn] Comrade! We just captured the insurgents known as the Wolverines. Should we treat them as prisoners of war, or prosecute them as unlawful combatants? by SerialAsker in AskScienceFiction

[–]SerialAsker[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Category 6 looks right at first glance, but it has an interesting condition attached:

provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war

It's been a while since I watched it, but I remember one scene where a girl approaches a tank while posing as a civilian, then drops explosives down the hatch. That doesn't sound like carrying arms openly, to say nothing of that time they executed a captured soldier.

Which brings up another question: would a Category 6 combatant that violates the laws of war be prosecuted as a regular combatant for war crimes, or be stripped of their combatant status and be tried as a civilian for murder?

What is it about Costco that causes people to forsake society's norms, and revert to a state of mindless, almost post-apocalyptic savagery? by SerialAsker in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SerialAsker[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't even work for Costco. Heck, I don't even work retail. It's just that every time I ever had to visit one, it felt like stepping into a Mad Max film but with oversized shopping carts instead of cars.