Madame Marois Has Announced The Date of The Next Elections
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Syria was a Democratic country. Western Democratic countries have only had public education since the late industrial revolution and even then, it's still pretty basic. Also, Slavery and other nasty things took place under "Democracy." (Democracy btw just means you get to vote - that's ALL it means. It doesn't mean a right to education, gender equality or anything else.)
It's [Democracy] probably the most bloody war-mongering system of Government ever devised and always ends in Dictatorship (as Plato observed in his Republic).
As for food. Really? Voting changes the fertility of the soil? Really?
It's [Democracy] probably the most bloody war-mongering system of Government ever devised and always ends in Dictatorship (as Plato observed in his Republic).
As for food. Really? Voting changes the fertility of the soil? Really?
Democracy also meant only the rich and land owners could vote - poll tax.
Democracy was not open to Women for a good 350 years before present.
Suffragettes anyone? Now, Compare the rights of Women in early modern Democracies to those of Women during Fascist Rome. Yeah.
Democracy was not open to Women for a good 350 years before present.
Suffragettes anyone? Now, Compare the rights of Women in early modern Democracies to those of Women during Fascist Rome. Yeah.
Hey, I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin', but I think unicorns are kick ass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n2VVTUXHgA
Ok. So the currency of the new republic of Québec will be adorned by the Queen of England at the rear???
Brilliant!!!
In the Alberta political news our shitty premier just resigned. Lots of happy faces in Alberta today.
What? The Westminster system does not have much separation of powers, in fact one of the main criticisms of the Westminster system is that it unifies or fuses the legislative and executive functions; contrary to the principals of most "presidential democracies."
No, it doesn't make a difference because people haven't changed much since Plato's time. It's still easy to make people do and vote how you want; use fear, and a foreign enemy. Pretty simple really.
You said Dictatorships usually include food rationing as if Democracies never experience food shortages (which they have many times).
A vote changes nothing.
Anyone watching the debates on Radio-Canada tonight?
It might be too much to hope for Marois to receive a knock-out blow... but anything is possible.
It might be too much to hope for Marois to receive a knock-out blow... but anything is possible.
Democracy is not perfect, though I would not go that far and call the whole system retarded. I agree with you on the fact that the voting system is flawed. Media can manipulate opinions, candidates that have more funds to conduct a "loud" campaign have higher chances to get elected...In some poor countries it takes just a few pounds of flour and a bottle of soja oil to buy a vote, in others a handshake in a market or a gentle pat on the shoulder will do.
It is frustrating when democratic elections lead to presidents like G. W. Bush or allow some terrorist movements to get access to power. In those dark moments, I wished that those nations had a merciless dictator instead. Though, time proved that I was wrong. Better candidates end up being elected in these countries. You cannot fool all the people all the time in a democratic system, that's the beauty of it.
At one point, I was thinking of a weighted voting system, similar to those used in condo buildings. Though, such system is discriminatory. On which criteria will those weights be assigned : education, political awareness, will you have citizens write political awareness tests...?
There is this anecdote about the famous logician and mathematician Kurt Godel. While preparing for his citizenship exam, Godel found a loophole in the constitution of the United States that allowed someone to set a dictatorship in the U.S. without violating any of the constitution's acts. Godel was so excited about his finding and tried naively to share it with the immigration officer. Fortunately, his friend Einstein ushered him out of the examination room. Bottom line, no democracy is perfect.
Democracy comes with many goodies though. As Sidney mentioned above, it comes with freedom of speech and this is crucial. It is true that people may be manipulated by mainstream media. Though, it is harder and harder now to manipulate the masses as social networks took over mainstream media. Information flows more freely in this digital age and cannot be controlled as easily as it used to. So I am optimistic and convinced that this will prevent more and more undeserving candidates from getting access to governance.
Finally, I will take Democracy (despite its flaws) over Dictatorship any day of the week.
Sure, I'll do. It is starting in 30 minutes on RDI. I am anticipating to watch a very agressive Marois given the recent poll results. I am curious also about PQ's political program du jour: will they stick to economy, back to charter of values? I hope I will not be running out of popcorn this evening.
I did watch the debate. I was expecting more action though. Candidates just kept repeating what they have been saying recently. We know at least that Mme Marois will hold a referendum only when Quebecers are ready (read, only when she senses that she has a chance to win it), who have guessed that!
Legault kept bragging that he is the founder of Transat. I checked the Transat article on Wikipedia and his name is not mentioned. P. Couillard seems to be the winner of this debate according to CBC.
Legault kept bragging that he is the founder of Transat. I checked the Transat article on Wikipedia and his name is not mentioned. P. Couillard seems to be the winner of this debate according to CBC.
Lol. J 'aurais dû créer une page semblable sur les robes de Madame Legault. Elle porte une robe différente par jour, quoique j'ai eu l'impression la voir porter le tailleur rouge bourgogne hier avant le débat, un tailleur qu'elle a déjà porté auparavant cette semaine. La question qui brûle les lèvres de tout Québécois et de toute Québécoise n'est pas qui sera le prochain premier ministre du Québec, mais de combien de robes dispose Mme Legault? Tout un mystère...
Pas un seul coiffeur, mais une trentaine de coiffeurs à travers le Québec!!! Et puis ses adversaires ont osé hier l'accuser de ne pas avoir crée des emplois pendant son mandat, quelle mauvaise foi 
Voilà, en exclusivité, le bilan économique du PQ au cours des 18 derniers mois: création de cent emplois au Québec, à savoir:
* 30 coiffeurs
* 20 couturières
* 27 manucures
* 13 chefs cuisiniers
* 10 sommeliers
Voilà, en exclusivité, le bilan économique du PQ au cours des 18 derniers mois: création de cent emplois au Québec, à savoir:
* 30 coiffeurs
* 20 couturières
* 27 manucures
* 13 chefs cuisiniers
* 10 sommeliers
Pour une sociale démocrate,elle est des femmes politique les plus riche meme si elle et son mari ont toujours étés des fonctionnaires si on peux dire.C 'est vraiment le bout que je comprends pas,
ils possédaient une maison d'une valeur de plus de 6 millions et elle nous parle de justice sociale.!!!!
http://www.canada.com/mobile/iphone/story.html?id=9650915#.Uy7JMenSqzk.facebook
Now pleading with other parties to leave the PQ alone. Oh the shame.
Now pleading with other parties to leave the PQ alone. Oh the shame.
PKP infected Marois like the necrotizing fasciitis ( flesh eating disease ) that he is and has taken a huge chunk out of her., and now Marois is warning the Coalition Avenir Québec and Québec Solidaire to back off. Marois has exposed her vulnerabilities. Now the two lesser parties will go after her like piranhas devouring a capybara ( a South American rodent the size of a Saint Bernard dog ) in the Amazon river. The Coalition Avenir Québec and Québec Solidaire will split the vote for Marois like the Union Nationale split the vote for the Liberals in 1976.
François Legault wants to be the opposition, the way he can do that is to stick a red hot piece of iron up Marois ass hole and watch her scream.
François Legault wants to be the opposition, the way he can do that is to stick a red hot piece of iron up Marois ass hole and watch her scream.
Per Legault, PQ is not in the race anymore and he is targeting Couillard now. Next thursday s debate will be less polite than the first one I guess. Marois will have no choice but to resign if she looses these elections. She will have no credibility afterwards, and PKP will be the new figure of separatism in Quebec, crazy times.
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