Comments on: no more political attack ads

By: Tatanisha

Tatanisha — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:28:34 +0000

Watching these ads disgust me. You can't tell who is representing what because they are just bashing each other and where is the logic in that! I mean as a Canadian I want to know WHY I should vote for this party or that party not just who has dirty laundry. The party I do end up voting for (hopefully) will not be soely interested in their seats but BELIEVE in creating a better Canada. If I went into a job interview and just criticized the people who they employed, does that automatically make me the better hire?

By: Sami

Sami — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:33:28 +0000

I don't know, if you analyze, or "over analyze", the situation just seems like a big, giant mess. Functionally, it's not particularly a democracy with the interests of the few with power getting represented most of the time.

Certain principles are usually maintained against the masses (such as the idea of generally leaving them alone), and now and then a minority is singled out (whether political, ethnic or whatever) and becomes a target group to justify policies that they want; and certain policies are enacted against them to "control" them. This system seems to work a certain way and there seems to be little room in changing that.

When mass propaganda is applied it's just political theatre and Canadian politics seems to be more and more of that. So rather than keep playing around and pretending like the rhetoric is reality; why not make it a show?

That way it makes it easier to digest than to bother taking it seriously and driving yourself crazy in the process? I find that a much more interesting idea than setting out to change the world (tm).

By: dnorman

dnorman — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:37:17 +0000

that's ridiculous. If I don't want my system of democratic elections to devolve into a mudslinging shitshow, I should say so, without subterfuge and lollipops.

By: Sami

Sami — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:49:19 +0000

Propaganda to fight propaganda is not the way, dear citizen. A better idea is to make ridiculous videos about politicians doing ridiculous things a la the onion and turn the whole thing into a comedy. Upload to YouTube. Distribute to friends. Make it viral; make the tyrants into the joke that they are.

For instance, Mr. H loves lollipops. Do you really want to vote for a man that loves lollipops? Do you want Mr. H to lick you lollipop? Tell Mr. H you would not like your lollipops licked. Vote anti-C!

By: Patrick Quinn-Graham

Patrick Quinn-Graham — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:47:19 +0000

I absolutely hated the barrage of attack ads that surrounded some election before I was last living in Canada (sometime in 2008 or 2009?). It was often very hard to work out (without hearing the "authorized by blah blah of blah blah" at the end) who the ad was even supporting.

So I fully support your stance. I only wish I had a voting voice (not that I'm in any way entitled to one) so I could join you.