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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Watkins who wrote (4023)	4/21/2004 6:40:22 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 37256

<PR and FPTP discussions are interesting> although that discussion is 150 years outdated, at a documented minimum. That is, until one goes beyond that simplistic PR-FPTP mechanism. <Where it really counts in our context is whether any party wants to put forward these types of electoral reforms as part of a campaign platform.> Agree 99%, the reason FPTP systems are called catch-22-systems. Also why the debate is banned (now officially) in UK. <In my view there are other more pressing reforms required in Canada at the moment> Yes, I am sure there are, ref the catch-22 situation and need for no public debate. <seemingly unaware of Canadian issues> Well, that is you opinion. <immediate relevance> no FPTP-PR-etc debate is of immediate relevance in any FPTP system, sometimes an issue of immediate ban. <I seem to recall using it with you in the past with great success.> Yes, I recognize that thought-process very well.