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Originally posted by Bring_Back_Shantz@Apr 8 2005, 09:29 PM
Might I suggest you add a "I'll vote Green in protest" button for those who think that voting for a party that has 19yr old university students for candidates is a better idea than actually deciding which party's values best suit their own. Cause lord knows we should be able to vote for a party who beleives the exact same thing as us on every issue.
Just stirring the pot. I don't like hippies.
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hmmmm
maybe you should read the platform before making an assumption that people who voted green are
a: Hippies
b: supporting 19 yr old candidates.
I read it the last election and a lot of the values within it are actually pretty close to how I feel. Especially on foreign policy and proportional representation. Environment is a focus, of course, but what's so wrong with that? Should I lather myself in paculli oil and smoke weed while playing the bongos for agreeing with their policy? No, it's just something that is important to me and should be as important as fiscal policy IMO.
http://www.greenparty.ca/platform200...hemes.php?p=39
Do I think that they will ever form a government? Not really. My hope is they carry enough of a voice in parliament that the government adopts some of the popular policies. Much the same way the Liberals adopted many of the PC or Reform economic policies.