Comments on: Greens in the Debate - submit your comment http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/ News, Insights, and Humour Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:18:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Saskboy http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12334 Saskboy Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:15:30 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12334 Thank you for agreeing and spreading the word about how it's an affront to democracy to block he Green Party from debating. Thank you for agreeing and spreading the word about how it’s an affront to democracy to block he Green Party from debating.

]]> By: Pilot http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12330 Pilot Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:10:19 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12330 Well ok, I disagree with you SaskBoy, but mostly to be an ass ;). Here is how it SHOULD be. Cancel the debate outright and replace it with a Battle Royale, take all whatever 1500 odd people running for a seat, put them in a soccer stadium together, the last 308 people standing get a seat. Now THAT would be democracy! Failing that, yes absolutely the Green Party should have had a voice since I'd say at least the mid 90's and for sure the 2004 and 2006 elections. i've posted my support on Pilot's World. Here's to a Green PM in 2010! Well ok, I disagree with you SaskBoy, but mostly to be an ass ;).

Here is how it SHOULD be. Cancel the debate outright and replace it with a Battle Royale, take all whatever 1500 odd people running for a seat, put them in a soccer stadium together, the last 308 people standing get a seat.

Now THAT would be democracy!

Failing that, yes absolutely the Green Party should have had a voice since I’d say at least the mid 90’s and for sure the 2004 and 2006 elections. i’ve posted my support on Pilot’s World.

Here’s to a Green PM in 2010!

]]> By: Tanya http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12154 Tanya Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:02:09 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12154 I agree with you whole heartedly. All political parties should be allowed to appear in debates. We want to get as far away from two party politics as we possibly can. I will probably be voting Green in the next election. They most closely adhere to my values although it is impossible for me to give 100% support to any political party other than the Marijuana party. :) I agree with you whole heartedly. All political parties should be allowed to appear in debates. We want to get as far away from two party politics as we possibly can. I will probably be voting Green in the next election. They most closely adhere to my values although it is impossible for me to give 100% support to any political party other than the Marijuana party. :)

]]> By: Saskboy http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12104 Saskboy Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:57:11 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12104 Fiumara, you'll have to answer these two points before you could hope to convince me or any other thoughtful people in Canada: 1. Exceptions have been made for other "fringe" parties like the Reform and Bloc in the past, why not the Greens now? 2. How does including the Green Party present an undesirable situation you want to avoid? What's the downside of putting the Greens in the debate like they should be? I too think the french debate is silly in an over-accommodating sense, but then again we are officially bilingual and there are many francophones all over Canada, not just in Quebec. However, more debates, not fewer should be the goal for a democratic nation. Keep that in the forefront of your mind. Fiumara, you’ll have to answer these two points before you could hope to convince me or any other thoughtful people in Canada:

1. Exceptions have been made for other “fringe” parties like the Reform and Bloc in the past, why not the Greens now?

2. How does including the Green Party present an undesirable situation you want to avoid? What’s the downside of putting the Greens in the debate like they should be?

I too think the french debate is silly in an over-accommodating sense, but then again we are officially bilingual and there are many francophones all over Canada, not just in Quebec. However, more debates, not fewer should be the goal for a democratic nation. Keep that in the forefront of your mind.

]]> By: Fiumara http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12103 Fiumara Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:49:34 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12103 If we are a supposedly bilingual country why do we have a French and English debate? Is it because we really have a Canada/Quebec debate? If so then the bocheads should be excluded from the Canada debate. As for the Green Party: until they get a seat in the Commons they are a fringe party - like the Marxist-Lenanist and the Communist and the Heritage, etc. If we are a supposedly bilingual country why do we have a French and English debate? Is it because we really have a Canada/Quebec debate? If so then the bocheads should be excluded from the Canada debate.
As for the Green Party: until they get a seat in the Commons they are a fringe party - like the Marxist-Lenanist and the Communist and the Heritage, etc.

]]> By: Adrian MacNair http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12098 Adrian MacNair Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:23:34 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12098 All Federal parties that have not committed acts of corruption in the past 10 years step forward... not so fast Liberals... And they get to debate on morality and values in Canada? It is to laugh. All Federal parties that have not committed acts of corruption in the past 10 years step forward… not so fast Liberals…

And they get to debate on morality and values in Canada? It is to laugh.

]]> By: Saskboy http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12089 Saskboy Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:05:27 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12089 So the Tories and NDP shouldn't have been in the debate after 1993 Kyle? Come on, get with the program called democracy already... So the Tories and NDP shouldn’t have been in the debate after 1993 Kyle? Come on, get with the program called democracy already…

]]> By: Kyle Olsen http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12087 Kyle Olsen Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:02:29 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/12/15/greens-in-the-debate-submit-your-comment/#comment-12087 Until they have official party status in the House they should not be allowed in the debates. Until they have official party status in the House they should not be allowed in the debates.

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