Comments on: Why I Won’t Vote for a Conservative http://www.hergestridge.com/why-i-wont-vote-for-a-conservative-132 challenging definitions of sin. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:48:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Arthur Brash http://www.hergestridge.com/why-i-wont-vote-for-a-conservative-132#comment-134 Arthur Brash Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:03:59 +0000 http://www.hergestridge.com/?p=132#comment-134 Sometimes, one is left with nothing but 'sucky decisions'. With enough of those stacked, they tend to erode the human ability and spirit to raise oneself out of a bad situation. Imagine a child growing up in a broken home, with no positive role models, a spotty school attendance, alcohol and other chemical abuse. How is such a child to learn a life other than what s/he sees every single day? Courage and will are necessary, but so is an early opportunity. I may have the will to run a 100 kilometers, but sheer will does nothing for me. I need time and a positive environment in which I can build the necessary strength to accomplish my goal, and the conservative government is too quick to remove that support where it is needed the most - from social programs to health care. The conservative government is about finding a cure - 'if we must' -, and not prevention. They are by far the most shortsighted of all major political parties in Canada, and while they may improve something for today, tomorrow, we will pay triple for the 'break to the tax payer' designed to please the voters just long enough to win a majority. If my reasons alone are not enough, Larissa's comment does a great job bringing forward a few other things wrong with the Conservative Party. Maybe her reasons are ones that more readers can better identify with. Sometimes, one is left with nothing but ’sucky decisions’. With enough of those stacked, they tend to erode the human ability and spirit to raise oneself out of a bad situation. Imagine a child growing up in a broken home, with no positive role models, a spotty school attendance, alcohol and other chemical abuse. How is such a child to learn a life other than what s/he sees every single day? Courage and will are necessary, but so is an early opportunity.

I may have the will to run a 100 kilometers, but sheer will does nothing for me. I need time and a positive environment in which I can build the necessary strength to accomplish my goal, and the conservative government is too quick to remove that support where it is needed the most - from social programs to health care.

The conservative government is about finding a cure - ‘if we must’ -, and not prevention. They are by far the most shortsighted of all major political parties in Canada, and while they may improve something for today, tomorrow, we will pay triple for the ‘break to the tax payer’ designed to please the voters just long enough to win a majority.

If my reasons alone are not enough, Larissa’s comment does a great job bringing forward a few other things wrong with the Conservative Party. Maybe her reasons are ones that more readers can better identify with.

]]> By: Selah http://www.hergestridge.com/why-i-wont-vote-for-a-conservative-132#comment-135 Selah Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:16:28 +0000 http://www.hergestridge.com/?p=132#comment-135 I wouldn't call welfare "taking care of the weakest" but rather enabling them. The case scenario you presented is not the norm, but rather a rare exception. It is unfortunate but most of those on welfare don't have legitimate reasons to be on it. They are only milk'n it for all it's worth. And if their life sucks it is probably due to a series of "sucky" decision made by them in their first place. Give the man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a life time. (No to mention what he will have to offer the next generation) I wouldn’t call welfare “taking care of the weakest” but rather enabling them. The case scenario you presented is not the norm, but rather a rare exception. It is unfortunate but most of those on welfare don’t have legitimate reasons to be on it. They are only milk’n it for all it’s worth. And if their life sucks it is probably due to a series of “sucky” decision made by them in their first place. Give the man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a life time. (No to mention what he will have to offer the next generation)

]]> By: larissa http://www.hergestridge.com/why-i-wont-vote-for-a-conservative-132#comment-133 larissa Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:08:31 +0000 http://www.hergestridge.com/?p=132#comment-133 Very true. As for not voting Conservative, we could also add: because they want to be able to try 10 year-olds as adults, because they want to politicise the judicial process, because they've Americanised the Canadian government, because they're homophobic, because they claim to be the "fiscally responsible" party and then raise taxes and introduce fiscal policy that is unanimously blasted by economists, because they disrespect civil liberties, because they are the antithesis of "environmentally friendly", because their minister charged with responding to and preparing for national emergencies and terror attacks believes the earth is only 2k years old, because they're hypocrites, because the PM is a control freak whose style is more suited to a soft dictatorship than a parliamentary democracy, because their members aren't allowed to communicate with either their constituents or the media unless their comments are vetted by the PMO, because they're arrogant bastards... I could go on, but I don't have all day. :) Very true.
As for not voting Conservative, we could also add: because they want to be able to try 10 year-olds as adults, because they want to politicise the judicial process, because they’ve Americanised the Canadian government, because they’re homophobic, because they claim to be the “fiscally responsible” party and then raise taxes and introduce fiscal policy that is unanimously blasted by economists, because they disrespect civil liberties, because they are the antithesis of “environmentally friendly”, because their minister charged with responding to and preparing for national emergencies and terror attacks believes the earth is only 2k years old, because they’re hypocrites, because the PM is a control freak whose style is more suited to a soft dictatorship than a parliamentary democracy, because their members aren’t allowed to communicate with either their constituents or the media unless their comments are vetted by the PMO, because they’re arrogant bastards…
I could go on, but I don’t have all day. :)

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