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Originally Posted by Phaneuf3
I do like the green platform - even though some of their policies while well meaning were kinda not too well thought out - and probably would have voted for them if they had even a remote shot of at least forming the opposition -- not struggling for official party status
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This is one of my biggest pet peeves. It's bandwagon voting! "I don't like the other guys so I'll vote for these guys because they have a chance of winning, even though I don't really like them either."
If everyone I knew who said this would actually vote the way they truly believe, our country might actually have proper representation. The Greens will eventually be a mainstream party. Look at Germany as an example of this.
Not to mention the fact that if you're voting in Alberta one less vote for the Conservatives is not going to deliver a crushing blow to their chances of a victory. I'm just so god damn sick of seeing anybody with Conservative under their name get in Alberta. It is an absolute joke that someone like Rob Anders still has a political career in this country.
Seriously, a mentally handicapped racist with a grade 3 education could win a seat in Calgary as long as they were running for the Conservatives (see: Rob Anders
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Now that I've had my rant, I'll get back on topic.
I think these peoplehave the right to protest but they should be expected to provide appropriate material. If there was protest rally for pro-choicers with a poster of a fat single mom,on welfare with,six kids running around in no clothes and covered with chicken pox, and a slogan that read: "Jesus doesn't pay child support." There would be complete outrage.
It's pretty fair to ask these people to show some class when trying to debate an issue.