tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674192606176078067.post3375964726932565649..comments2023-05-02T11:34:45.330-04:00Comments on Thinking for Free: In Case Anyone Still Cares....Kizhe the Couch Czarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046357500651886319noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674192606176078067.post-47965248473296708842007-10-15T01:51:00.000-04:002007-10-15T01:51:00.000-04:00Sigh. Yeah. Well, I sorta liked Larry Moran's atti...Sigh. Yeah. Well, I sorta liked Larry Moran's attitude about this anyway. That's to say: 'we'll get 'em next election'.<BR/><BR/>My father, however, who's been pushing for reform in this direction, however (and was one of the guys handing out the MMP pamphlets), is, sadly, probably a smidge more realistic, in noting how long it took to get <I>this</I> one on a ballot. And I can't say I really want to go the way certain Quebec nationalists have gone, either--there's somethin' not quite right about repeatedly asking a question 'til you get the answer you like...<BR/><BR/>Ah, anyway. I really think proportional systems (and semi-prop variants) are gonna be the future, hidebound opposition from certain parties benefitting from FPTP's odd distortions notwithstanding. Most of the saner large democracies are off in that direction anyway. We'll get there. Sooner or later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674192606176078067.post-83626702583035832732007-10-12T12:29:00.000-04:002007-10-12T12:29:00.000-04:00Thanks for this, EK. Saves me doing the numbers m...Thanks for this, EK. Saves me doing the numbers myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com