A few things.

[c9]

Firstly, I hope all the Nova Scotians reading this voted! Because you're all complainers just like me, so if you didn't vote, it's your own fault.

Secondly, why are people so stupid?!?

- John Hamm and the Tories are stupid because they could have made some inroads in the urban centres by just allowing limited Sunday shopping, and it would have been a much smaller deal. Instead they tried to leverage their rural voter base, and succeeded in reminding the cities that the Tories don't care about their wishes or needs.
- Voters are stupid because they were most worried about people having to work on Sundays, and PEOPLE ARE ALREADY FORCED TO WORK ON SUNDAYS! Look at the parking lot of the mall TODAY: dozens of cars. People are forced to work, they're just disallowed from SHOPPING. Unless it's for prepared food, cigarettes, or magazines. The law provides plenty of loopholes.

If the problem is poor treatment of workers ("you must work on Sunday") then change the law to force fair treatment of workers. Don't ignore that problem, create a false argument between the farmers and the city dwellers, and then crow about it later.

I'd never make a good politician, I have no patience for this kind of idiocy.

Finally, kudos to disasternat for a strong campaign and being willing to bring up issues and fight for what he believes in. Keep an eye on him, this guy's going to go far.

Comments

[dipdewdog.livejournal.com]

sunday is the one day of the week that i actually have the time to go out and run errands. i'd not do so well...

[c9.livejournal.com]

Yeah drove us batty too. Ontario has Sunday shopping (good) but Kitchener, the city we're in, seems to pretty much roll up the sidewalks anyway. Somebody told me that "Sunday in Kitchener is like Sunday on the Moon." It's true!