First of all the internet is very good at regulating itself because it has to be.
Secondly it's impossible to regulate it by legislation because there's no such thing as a world government nor is there any one person or organisation in control of it. It is every government's worst nightmare: Freedom - real freedom - for the masses.
Caveat Emptor
As already mentioned, unless there's something wrong with the goods you are not entitled to exchange or refund. Look at it from the shop's point of view: Loads of people buying clothes for someone else who's not there, ergo most of what's sold in the run up to xmas doesn't fit. They know that nearly everything is going to come back so it's commonplace to stipulate that they don't do exchanges while the sales are on otherwise they'd be doing nothing but exchanges.
Also, some shops discourage the post xmas exchange stampede by adding a handling charge which they are perfectly entitled to do.
Swallowing is respectful.
Spitting is disrespectful.
Gargling is just showing off.
How does a gay divorce work? I mean, if there's no woman involved, who gets the house and the car? Or if there's no man involved, who gets done for maintenance?
Cynic? Moi? ;)
If money can't buy love, why don't tramps have girlfriends?
If money can't buy happiness, why is Richard Branson always smiling?
If money can't buy loyalty, why don't I quit my job every time I get a pay rise?
To those who say money isn't everything, I say you're right. It isn't everything. It just happens to be the medium of exchange for everything.
For me, to respect someone is to value their time, honour their rights and acknowledge their worth. It doesn't necessarily mean to hold them in high esteem or defer to their authority because those things are as often done out of fear or social conditioning as out of genuine respect. If I were to put it in a nutshell, I think it's accepting someone for who they are.
Politicians are like butlers. If you notice them, they're not doing well.
I never vote for parties, only for candidates. And I never tactically vote to get someone out. I simply vote for whichever candidate I think will best serve me and my community. If I don't like any of them I have to spoil my paper, which is annoying as there is no way to officially abstain. I think there should be a "None Of The Above" box. If there were an abstention option, then I would support compulsory voting, like they do in Australia. I think if you choose not to vote, then you forfeit your right to complain.
There is only one serious authority on sandwich-making:
"There is an art to the business of making sandwiches which it is given to few ever to find the time to explore in depth. It is a simple task, but the opportunities for satisfaction are many and profound: choosing the right bread for instance. The Sandwich Maker had spent many months in daily consultation and experiment with Grarp the baker and eventually they had between them created a loaf of exactly the consistency that was dense enough to slice thinly and neatly, while still being light, moist and having that fine nutty flavour which best enhanced the savour of roast Perfectly Normal Beast flesh.
There was also the geometry of the slice to be refined: the precise relationships between the width and height of the slice and also its thickness which would give the proper sense of bulk and weight to the finished sandwich: here again, lightness was a virtue, but so too were firmness, generosity and that promise of succulence and savour that is the hallmark of a truly intense sandwich experience.
The proper tools, of course, were crucial, and many were the days that the Sandwich Maker, when not engaged with the Baker at his oven, would spend with Strinder the Tool Maker, weighing and balancing knives, taking them to the forge and back again. Suppleness, strength, keenness of edge, length and balance were all enthusiastically debated, theories put forward, tested, refined, and many was the evening when the Sandwich Maker and the Tool Maker could be seen silhouetted against the light of the setting sun and the Tool Maker's forge making slow sweeping movements through the air trying one knife after another, comparing the weight of this one with the balance of another, the suppleness of a third and the handle binding of a fourth.
Three knives altogether were required. First there was the knife for the slicing of the bread: a firm, authoritative blade which imposed a clear and defining will on a loaf. Then there was the butter-spreading knife, which was a whippy little number but still with a firm backbone to it. Early versions had been a little too whippy, but now the combination of flexibility with a core of strength was exactly right to achieve the maximum smoothness and grace of spread.
The chief amongst the knives, of course, was the carving knife. This was the knife that would not merely impose its will on the medium through which it moved, as did the bread knife; it must work with it, be guided by the grain of the meat, to achieve slices of the most exquisite consistency and translucency, that would slide away in filmy folds from the main hunk of meat. The Sandwich Maker would then flip each sheet with a smooth flick of the wrist on to the beautifully proportioned lower bread slice, trim it with four deft strokes and then at last perform the magic that the children of the village so longed to gather round and watch with rapt attention and wonder. With just four more dexterous flips of the knife he would assemble the trimmings into a perfectly fitting jigsaw of pieces on top of the primary slice. For every sandwich the size and shape of the trimmings were different, but the Sandwich Maker would always effortlessly and without hesitation assemble them into a pattern which fitted perfectly. A second layer of meat and a second layer of trimmings, and the main act of creation would be accomplished."
From Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
If school trips are educational then if you're sending your kids to a state school you have, by definition, already paid for them. Charging hundreds of pounds for them clearly disadvantages kids whose parents can't afford it, which defeats the whole point of state (i.e. tax) funded education.
If they are not educational then they shouldn't be taking place during school time.
