Under the Westminster parliamentary system, there’s also “Question Time”. I
guess when you have short election cycles, that’s how you satisfy the public
appetite for political circus.
Maybe President Trump will bring back chariot races, gladiators, and feeding
Muslims and illegal immigrants to the lions. Or monster trucks like in
Idiocracy, or a game show like in The Running Man.
From: Bill Prince
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 12:38 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Politics on the list
Makes me want to amend the constitution.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 3/23/2016 8:39 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
The best part of a parliament system.
From: Eric Kuhnke
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 8:58 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Politics on the list
I think you guys would be amazed by a Canadian federal election.
There's usually 2-3 months of lead up time to a vote being called, in which
the political parties get all their stuff organized and ready just in case.
Then the actual election/campaign period goes for between 25 to 45 days,
maximum. Then there's a vote, and we have a new government.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 7:04 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm
<thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
It seems politics is consuming a lot of chatter on the list. I personally
enjoy it, I have thick skin, per another thread, but I am concerned it could
turn south. This is the only industry mechanism I have for quick and dirty
advice so I am fearful it could devolve into something ugly or useless like
dslreports.
When Chuck ran the list there was a bit more policing, stay away from
religion or politics. I assume others got the offlist spankings I got. I'm not
bashing the current list owner, I enjoy the occasional freedom to rant.
What I am fearful of is losing the best resource I have for a vendor
neutral discussion of on topic issues.
I'm not asking that the off topic political discussion stop, or any other
off topic discussion for that matter, I do request however that everybody come
to a consensus that we are all adults with different backgrounds and opinions
who can disagree and still work together effectively.
This is solely a self serving request as I an very much incompetent for my
position and rely heavily on advice from this list to impress my boss so he
continues to give me a paycheck he could probably pay a comatose midget who
only wakes up long enough to swear to do the same level of work.
