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You are right in that the racial division in the US has to be seen to be believed. I will never forget as a student coming over the border from Canada into Detroit, and the US border guards warning us to keep the car locked at all times as we drove through the city to get out west. Within 20...

I don't actually agree with that any more. It was always perceived wisdom, but if what you're saying is right then how come kids don't do this in Canada, Czechia, Serbia, Estonia and Lithuania - where access to violent computer games and access to guns aren't significantly different from that...

To say "the mentality over there is ridiculous" is like saying "English football fans are moronic thugs". The fact is that 90% of Americans want FAR tighter gun laws, but unfortunately their opinions don't seem to count for anything.

100% correct. It is definitely a cultural problem. That said, they need to do something about that culture, and perhaps temporary draconian measures on fire arms would be a start. Indeed - mental health issues don't manifest themselves in the form of gun massacres elsewhere. Other countries...

Reading about the latest NBA play off, I came across this video on the BBC. Amazingly emotional outburst from an NBA coach. Can you imagine a football manager expressing similar outrage at some of the injustices we see here? Well I thought it was amazing anyway, and not before time.