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Originally posted by Cube Inmate@May 12 2005, 11:20 PM
This type of statement drives me freakin' crazy...
You say it's not about the past, but about the present and the future. So, assuming you're a gullible fool, you might believe that Martin and his team have inherently higher moral standards than Cretin and his bunch. Maybe even Gomery or the RCMP will someday tell us that the existing heirarchy is untainted in the whole affair...although obviously they were incompetent. STILL...a vote for the Liberal party effectively condones what has been done for the last 10 years, regardless of whether you're voting for the perpetrators or their successors. The only thing politicians understand (and possibly learn from) is being fired by the voters.
Giving the party a free pass to the PMO regardless of their transgressions is the worst possible thing for the country, IMO. This one-party dictatorship is perpetuating the attitude among Canadians that "mediocrity" is fine. If we want better---and I do---then we've got to send a message that we want better performance. The only way to send that message is by firing the dictatorship. It's way past time to fire Ralph as well, with decades of PC government behind us in Alberta...
Try a new party. If things don't work out, we can fire them too in another few years. Maybe if we keep firing these idiots, they'll learn that they have to actually serve the country, rather than use the country for their own benefit.
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So individual politician only learn by a party being voted off, huh?
Here's how things would work in your world: A Liberal politician, L, is approached by person X and offered a deal whereby if he directs government funding to X's company, X will then kickback some of that money to L. L thinks to himself
"Gee, the sponsorship scandal has shown me that there's a good chance that an audit will catch this, I'll be publically exposed as corrupt, I'll never be able to hold pubic office again and I'll possibly be charged with civil &/or criminal offenses, ruining my life... but hey other Liberals will still be able to get elected so yeah let's go for it!"
That's how you think things work, but I'm the gullible fool right?
You change individual behaviour by making individuals know that they will be held personally accountable for their actions. Do I believe that believe that Martin and his team have inherently higher moral standards than Cretin and his bunch? If the Gomery inquiry fails to find any of them were corrupt, then yes. And furthermore I'd expect them to be on their best behaviour in the future because they've just seen a bunch of their former colleagues publically dragged through the mud, and I have no doubt that the fear of being held accountable as individuals will keep them in line irregardless of what happens to the party.