About the Green Party...

[Emma Jane Hogbin]

hehehe. To keep things sane let's stick to the issue of FOSS, not
proportional representation and other platform issues!! Please take
non-FOSS discussion off-list.

emma :)


jay wrote:
> One thing to remember:  A vote for the NDP means that they might have
> the strength to leverage a proportional representation bill through,
> which has been their baby for years.
> 
> With proportional representation, a vote for the Greens would not be a
> vote against the NDP. It would allow many small parties to have a
> realistic chance of getting into parliament, and allow for many "fringe"
> issues, such as FOSS/ open standards to be given the attention which I
> believe they deserve.
> 
> -Jay.
> 
> On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 15:00 -0400, Scott wrote:
>> Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
>>> Why are you assuming you're going to get flamed? Seems like a weird
>>> assumption to me....
>> It would not be weird if you have been flamed many times already :).  I 
>> have actually been flamed on the Kubuntu list for saying people should 
>> not flame others.  I also been flamed twice for just saying I like KDE 4.
>>
>> As I have already mentioned with someone off list.  My main concern with 
>> the Green Party is not their platform, but the fact their platform is 
>> very similar to that of the NDP.  They are essentially taking away votes 
>> from the NDP and handing them to the two governments that are not very 
>> open minded to Free and Open Source Software; Liberals and the 
>> Conservatives.
>>
>> It is much better for all of us to support our local NDP members, like I 
>> do, and get as many of them into Parliament.  Then we can voice our 
>> concerns though the NDP members who would be just as open to FOSS 
>> software as the Green Party are, if not more.  Jack Laytons message is 
>> not to be afraid of the big companies and he does want to stop companies 
>> from gouging people.
>>
>> -- 
>> Your friend,
>> Scott
>> http://sgaming.org
>>
>> Sent to you from a Linux computer using Kubuntu Version 8.04
>>
> 
> 


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Emma Jane Hogbin, B.Sc.
Founder, xtrinsic
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