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In response to "everyone needs to shit or get off the pot" by Reagen

Hey, this is the situation that Canadians elected. Give someone - anyone - a majority and we could get at least two years peace and quiet.

Posted by NWBR on iPhone (aka BlueKopo) Jul 12 '10, 20:20

Voters do have to accept some responsiblity for the instability.

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I'm speaking entirely professionally here. - Reagen Jul 12, 20:21 15
- Yeah, I projected. I'm just getting peevish at the whining over the situtation when it's never the voters fault we get perpetual election. - NWBR on iPhone Jul 12, 20:25 14
  - Also, I don't think I could personally have less of a potentialyl impact on what the next government would be without renouncing my citizenship - Reagen Jul 12, 20:29 3
    - No, not in Calgary, but there's at least fifty ridings that people could help pick a majority if they wanted to. - NWBR on iPhone Jul 12, 20:34 2
      - I think we need a mix or majority and minority gov'ts. -- nm - zork Jul 12, 20:41
      - It would be helpful to the discussion if the Liberal party could get their shit tight. heh. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 20:36
  - It's not as though voters are able to coordinate their actions though :) -- nm - Roger More Jul 12, 20:26 9
    - Ah, but many could. Think the Quebecois who choose Bloc ahead of any federalist party. Or the folks that vote Green as protest. - NWBR on iPhone Jul 12, 20:30 8
      - you'd rather a two party system? -- nm - zork Jul 12, 20:39 6
        
        I actually do believe that a diverse country like ours is better served by big tent brokerage parties vs. many narrower focused ones. - NWBR on iPhone Jul 12, 20:51 5
        
        people jsut need to get over their fears of coalitions. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 20:55 4
        
        You know this is something I would come at open mindedly and would have thought about it uitenhage -- nm - NWBR on iPhone Jul 12, 21:08 3
        
        Did you buy the Dutch iPhone? - Reagen Jul 12, 21:17 1
        
        We disagree on that comparison, but a better question is, what is the goal you're tryin to achieve with constant minority or coalition gov'ts? - NWBR on iPhone Jul 12, 21:53
        
        ....Quite a bit and I just don't believe that it would work better than old-school brokerage parties. - NWBR on iPhone Jul 12, 21:11
      - Marxist-Leninist! -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 20:33

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