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In response to "Just did a general ask around of the office and not a single person thinks the parties deserve the public subsidy." by Name Withheld By Request

Your IM doesn't seem to match your subject, unless you meant it ironically or sarcastically -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Nov 28 '08, 11:06

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The Tories are against it. The general feeling was that it was wasteful spending. Where's the disconnect? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 11:08 8
- Your office is against it. The tories are against it. How, then, are the tories on the wrong side of the issue, from your perspective? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 11:11 7
  - depends where you put the emphasis. "I wonder *if*", not "I *wonder* if" - Reagen Nov 28, 11:14
  - Ah, gotcha. Inflection would have mattered...It was a, "Hmmm, I wonder if the Tories really *are* on the wrong side of the issue..." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 11:13 4
    - Ah, got it. Well, from my perspective, I like Guige's point about "my vote equals a donation to that party" - but I also like the concept that the - Beryllium Nov 28, 11:14 3
      - Have you ever donated to a Canadian political party? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 11:15 2
        
        Nope, but I've voted for them. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 11:15 1
        
        Well, if you believe that they should be well-funded, why not? - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 11:17
  - (In other words, my question is not political, it is grammatical) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 11:13

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