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Michael Dorosh said:Sad thing is, you'll never know why it is beyond your comprehension. Good news - ignorance is bliss.
Actually that last phrase answers his question ...
Michael Dorosh said:Sad thing is, you'll never know why it is beyond your comprehension. Good news - ignorance is bliss.
my guess is that we are not getting the government we deserve!
Gunner said:Nor are we getting the government we demand! Apathetic voters begate apathetic politicians.
pronto said:I think maybe you are all missing the point - there is not a single politician who has been upfront. None, Nyet, Zip, Ziltch, Nada, zero. My point - it is the nature of the beast, and the sooner we all recognise and acknowledge that, the better off and happier we will all be.
I may be far off but i think that we have apathetic voters because a good portion of the voting public feels they have a lack of options ( by that i mean that one politician is no better than the other). Of course thats just my opinion. I took political science in university and this is something that was discussed very often.
Pollara : Con 35% Lib 31% Ndp 18% (ntl) Lib 39% Con 38% Nd 19% (ont)
Gunner said:There are options and for a democracy to work, its citizens must be involved and hold their representatives accountable for their parties actions. Think of how alienated the West is after having been continually shut out of Central Canada government. Reform wanted to change the way Canadian politics was played but they never received any media support and in the end had to water down the parties values in an attempt to attract the main stream voter. I hold the "free press" that we alledgedly have for not holding the government accountable and too cozy of a relationship with the Liberal party of Canada. Remember Maclean's magazine two elections ago (Canadian Alliance - How Scary?). Where are the headlines (Liberals - How corrupt?).
Gunner said:aesop081,
Maybe there is more that society could learn from a simple book such as "Starship Troopers" outlining the responsibilities of being a citizen of a country vice the mainstream focus on the rights of being a citizen.
Alas, I think most of the male population just thinks of Starship Troopers as a movie with a good shower scene. :
Cheers,
Gunner said:What the heck are you easterners smoking in Ontario? I shake my head at how you can allow this gang of thieves to continue sticking their hands in our pockets in the name of federalism.
Zipper said:I think there is a basis for both. In order to get elected and stay there, you have to tell the people what they want to hear. If that requires a lie, then off to the lie they go as long as they get re-elected.
"Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains."
-- Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, prime minister, author
Gunner said:Churchill quote..
2 Cdo said:So another person thinks that it is Ok to side with a party known for it's lying and stealing. Glorified Ape, I notice you are an officer cadet trying to make it in the infantry. All I have to say is I sincerely hope that I never have to work for you (if you make it), as your beliefs just seem to be a bit out of wack for a commissioned officer.
"Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains."
-- Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, prime minister, author