06-03-2011, 03:01 PM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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What a fruitcake.
She wants an "arab spring" to make changes....what the hell was the election for then?
21 year olds make me laugh.
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06-03-2011, 03:04 PM
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#5162
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Account closed at user's request.
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Bleeding-heart pinko idiot.
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06-03-2011, 03:08 PM
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#5163
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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She looks 12. Her message is ridiculous. But her math is correct. DUCY?
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06-03-2011, 03:27 PM
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#5164
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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So she is using the 76% mark by saying that eligible voters who didnt vote are part of things...which in and of itself is a stupid as her whole message and apparent lack of ability in understanding how elections work.
Just because there were people who did not vote does not mean that all of them would have chosen someone other than the CPC...so her point there is moot as well.
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06-03-2011, 03:29 PM
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#5165
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: 555 Saddledome Rise SE
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They may not vote, but when they don't vote, they don't prefer Harper.
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06-03-2011, 03:40 PM
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#5166
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
So she is using the 76% mark by saying that eligible voters who didnt vote are part of things...which in and of itself is a stupid as her whole message and apparent lack of ability in understanding how elections work.
Just because there were people who did not vote does not mean that all of them would have chosen someone other than the CPC...so her point there is moot as well.
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Assign a truth value to the following statement:
75% of Canadians did not vote for the Conservatives.
The answer is true. You can plea all you want, but the statement is still valid.
Doesn't mean the claim is substantive in any way, however, which is obviously your point.
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06-03-2011, 04:10 PM
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#5167
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by evman150
Assign a truth value to the following statement:
75% of Canadians did not vote for the Conservatives.
The answer is true. You can plea all you want, but the statement is still valid.
Doesn't mean the claim is substantive in any way, however, which is obviously your point.
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While it might be true it also doesn't prove anything.
I've got friends in basically every political party out there (that is relevant) and believe me every party claims the non-voters in one way or another as people that would've likely voted for them, had they voted.
Some claim that advocating for a PR system is the rallying cry of the sore losers, but IMO adding people who didn't vote at all to the opposition figures is really the cry of sore losers everywhere. I would guess that the numbers wouldn't be skewed by an enormous margin if 100% of people cast a ballot....probably in the magnitude of 5% swing.
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06-03-2011, 04:44 PM
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#5168
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
WTF is an arab spring?
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It's where the military stages a coup but uses a little Facebook in the process and people accept it as a revolution. 
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06-03-2011, 04:45 PM
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#5169
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
WTF is an arab spring?
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It's when a new hereditary dictatorship takes power.
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06-03-2011, 05:05 PM
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#5170
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
While it might be true it also doesn't prove anything.
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That's what I said.
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06-03-2011, 05:08 PM
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#5171
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by evman150
Assign a truth value to the following statement:
75% of Canadians did not vote for the Conservatives.
The answer is true. You can plea all you want, but the statement is still valid.
Doesn't mean the claim is substantive in any way, however, which is obviously your point.
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true....but in that case I would tell her that canada has NEVER had 50% of the eligible voters vore for any one party....and I'm assuming this is what she is getting at....but she is batcrap crazy, so who knows.
I wonder who she was backing... Dippers or the Libs?
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06-03-2011, 05:16 PM
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#5172
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All I can get
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Since when is Ottawa a bastion of civil decorum?
That's the most excitement the Canadian Senate has seen in years.
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06-03-2011, 05:21 PM
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#5173
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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I wonder who she was backing... Dippers or the Libs?
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Supporting the Green Party is just as likely for her.
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06-03-2011, 05:26 PM
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#5174
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
I wonder who she was backing... Dippers or the Libs?
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This shows planning and forethought... definitely not NDP.
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06-03-2011, 05:40 PM
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#5175
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by evman150
Assign a truth value to the following statement:
75% of Canadians did not vote for the Conservatives.
The answer is true. You can plea all you want, but the statement is still valid.
Doesn't mean the claim is substantive in any way, however, which is obviously your point.
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75% also did not vote for Libs, NDP, Green etc.
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06-03-2011, 06:34 PM
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#5176
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red
75% also did not vote for Libs, NDP, Green etc.
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Higher than 75% actually.
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Freedom consonant with responsibility.
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06-03-2011, 07:13 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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I don't agree with the page, but man, that was pretty ballsy.
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06-03-2011, 07:21 PM
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#5178
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by The Goon
I don't agree with the page, but man, that was pretty ballsy.
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Agreed.
Love it or hate it, at least she is willing to put it on the line for something she truly believes in. More power to her
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06-03-2011, 07:24 PM
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#5179
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Goon
I don't agree with the page, but man, that was pretty ballsy.
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How so? I don't really get what was so ballsy about it?
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06-03-2011, 07:27 PM
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#5180
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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Originally Posted by Ark2
How so? I don't really get what was so ballsy about it?
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Surely she knew this stunt would get her fired, but she went ahead with it anyway. I don't agree at all with her actions, but I'll admit that what she did was courageous (and stupid).
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