Comment: Re:Go EU (Score 1) 81
Clearly IP laws are needed and useful.
[citation needed]
Comment: Re:Go EU (Score 2) 81
The US has zero balance in its laws.
The US is 100% for the rich powerful interests and 0% for the citizens.
This is just as ludicrous as what the parent poster wrote. We wouldn't have elections if that was the case.
Elections are useful to keep the populace from revolting, by giving them an illusion that their opinions matter and appealing to their "our team against their team" instinct (even when the differences between the "teams" are both artificial and superficial).
Elections are just a small part of a functioning democratic process. You also need:
- An informed electorate
- A diverse choice of parties and representatives, with a low barrier to entry.
- Real accountability that will make corruption a very unappealing choice (not impeachment, long jail terms).
Being allowed to choose which lizard will be in power is not enough.
Comment: Re:Just another Con Man (Score 1) 482
No, idiot. The Ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round.
And they were close but not exactly right.
Comment: Re:Thank you, Europe (Score 1) 117
I'm so sick of that argument.
The conservatives only got 40% of the popular vote, so 60% of Canadians didn't want them to be in power....
Ok, but look at the alternatives...
31% voted for the NDP, that means 70% of Canadians didn't want them to be in power...
19% voted for the Liberals, that means 81% of Canadians didn't want them to be in power...
6% voted for the Bloc, that means 94% of Canadians didn't want them to be in power...
4% voted for the Greens, that means 96% of Canadians didn't want them to be in power...
In a sane(r) system:
the Conservatives would get ~40% of the seats,
the NDP would get ~31% of the seats,
the Liberals would get ~19% of the seats,
the Bloc would get ~6% of the seats,
and the Greens would get ~4% of the seats.
Then, the governing party would have to hold talks with the other parties and make compromises that would be acceptable to most of the populace.
Comment: Re:Thank you, Europe (Score 1) 117
There isn't really anything that people in Canada can do. Our weird political system has given someone with less than 50% of the popular support a *majority government*. That means we have a fascist party in government with no effective means to control them.
It is way more ridiculous. Let me crunch the numbers for you:
The popular support for the Conservatives was 39.62% with a 61.4% voter turnout.
Which means that LESS THAN 25% OF ELIGIBLE CANADIANS VOTED FOR THEM. That's right, less than a quarter , not counting
However, if we consider all Canadians, not just the electors on the list, out of 31,612,897 people, 5,832,401 voted Conservative. That's right boys and girls, the whole of 18.45% .
And this gave us a majority government that, contrary to the US, has no checks nor balances.
Fun, eh?
Comment: Re:Dope! (Score 2) 117
And the moral of the story: NEVER EVER give any Canadian political party a majority. They cannot be trusted with it.
Comment: Re:Seems reasonable.. (Score -1, Flamebait) 1258
Man up and post under your name, you cunt.
Comment: Re:5 remotes (Score 1) 377
Logitech is working as hard as they can to remove anything remotely "advanced" from the Harmony line.
The older remotes had an artificial limitation on sequence length of 5 commands.
(And no, activities are not a replacement for sequences).
See here.
Comment: What the hell happened? (Score 1) 579
Bill C-11...
Bill C-30...
TPP...
What the hell happened?
I want my Canada back!
Comment: Re:Not thoroughly researched? That's precious. (Score 1) 360
It's also worth noting that the Catholic school system in Ontario represent almost 1/3 of all the students. Students in other separate schools are much, much smaller numbers.
I think you are confusing cause and effect. Maybe the enrolment in other separate schools is so much lower because they receive no government funding and have to charge charge mucho dinero.