I dunno about that, we have enough debacles here in Oz !
...Wayne
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> > Apologies to you personally, Charles, but the screwed-up two-party
> > electoral system pretty much guarantees polarization and government by
> > the mentally ill, and so the aggregate earns that coat of paint, even
> > if many, many individuals do not.
>
> Well, the screwed up multi-party system in Canada outputs some pretty
> weird results too, Jan, I believe that you are in the N. Saanich and Gulf
> Islands
> riding, correct? It is perhaps the most liberal riding in the country. So who
> did
> they elect to represent them a few years ago?
> Why a conservative MP. We're not just talking conservative, we're talking
> Steven Harper mentally ill Conservative . The Liberals, NDP and Greens split
> the vote to allow 30% of the population control the riding.
> How is that better. Yeah, I know, the two liberal-ish parties later agreed to
> sit
> back and allow the Greens to take the seat.
>
> The only fair election is some sort of ranked choice voting scheme.
> Don't the Ozzies have something like that. Might prevent debacles like
> what's happening in Israel right now.
>
> M
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