Uneducated electorate

[c9]

You know what's unfortunate? The 31,990,000 Canadians (roughly) who won't bother to read the NDP's 2006 platform.

(it's also unfortunate that about 31,980,000 Canadians will also ignore the other parties' platforms.)

Comments

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

Forgive my ignorance, but I'm missing the reference. De-Godwining?

[c9.livejournal.com]

No worries. It was a bit of a leap. Godwin's Law = first mention of Nazis loses the argument.

Your argument uses the "little kids dying" card, which is similar. It's easier to win if you save the trump card for later when you really need its strength. Imagine you're in an election campaign, and it's you (universal single-payer single-tier healthcare) versus money. The campaign will last your entire lifetime, sadly. So pace yourself. :)

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

Ah, OK, I would've got it had you mentioned Nazis, although I think Godwin's Law is that the first side to call the other side Nazis loses (or at least defaults :-). In the healthcare arguement, I don't think either side is evil per se, it's just that the two-tier people have a less cynical picture of human nature than I do.

Yeah, I could've stretched the argument out over a few posts, but I find lengthy debates in LiveJournal comments tiring. It's the out-of-order posts that throw me. I prefer to just drop a bomb and run :-)