FOSS and the election

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On December 22, 2005 17:36, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> On 12/22/05, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > | From: Tony Abou-Assaleh <taa-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org>
> > |
> > | Is anyone here involved in some way with the Green Party?
> >
> > The Greens I know are Linux users and developers.  And active in
> > the party.  Or were, last time I talked to them about this (a
> > while ago). According to the media, there has been an internal
> > conflict in the party -- a number of members, including executive
> > members have left.
> >
> > The plank may have originated from these guys.
>
> That's a surprise.  Any idea what conflict was about?
[snip]

My take on it is that it is a battle of the traditional granola 
crunching, save the whales crowd vs. the libertarians who joined 
(took over?) the party in the last few years. Jim Harris, who is a 
former Progressive Conservative by the way, gave a recent speech in 
St. John's, Newfoundland proposing a ban on the seal hunt as a sop to 
the former at the expense of alienating the latter. I cannot imagine 
it had anything to do with shoring up support in Newfoundland seeing 
as Newfoundlanders, despite being some of the most generous and 
tolerant people I have ever met, generally don't appreciate bleeding 
heart CFAs (Come From Aways) telling them that something they view as 
part of their traditions is immoral and that it should be banned.

I saw a clip on the news recently about how some of the party 
executive had left the Greens in protest over Harris' purported 
dictatorial style. One was running for the NDP, which is more in line 
with what I have always perceived Green to represent. Some of them 
gave begrudging credit to Harris for following through on his promise 
to run candidates in all 308 ridings.
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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
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