I am feeling very alone in my principles among this blogging gang, but that’s alright, I’m okay with it ;)
I am one of the many in the country who is really happy with the outcome of the election last night. I read the platform of all the parties before voting to decide which party I wanted to support. The reality is that the conservative party has the values and principles that I agree with the most. What drives me nuts is when people say “Whatever you do, don’t vote conservative!” That militancy makes me mad and frankly, is kind of scary. Never once have I tried to influence anyone else’s vote or push my views/beliefs on anyone else or make them feel inferior because of political beliefs. So why do people do it to me? Every Canadian has the right to vote for the party they choose to support. And obviously I’m not totally alone in my principles since the conservatives got 36% of the popular vote, so it sounds like a lot of people agree with that party’s platform.
Okay, onto other things:
This weekend, I am going to Toronto to visit one of my friends who I haven’t seen in about 4 years. I am super-excited to see her again! One of those cases where we lost touch after I left for university and we crossed paths again a few weeks ago. This weekend, I’m staying in downtown Toronto at her apartment, so it should be an adventure to say the least! She’s a student at the Ontario College of Art and Design, so she’s going to show me some cool art galleries and stuff.
5 comments:
Don't worry... you're not alone among our blogging community with regards to the outcome of the election - I'm quite thrilled. And, I know how you're feeling. I have tried to keep relatively quiet on the matter because I know that there are a couple of people who do not wish to hear my (our) views on the subject.
Don't worry about keeping quiet, everyone has a right to believe what they want. I hope that this "whatever you do, don't vote conservative" nonsense wasn't directed at me. I never said that, what I said was "whatever, I do, I won't vote conservative".
Lj, of course it wasn't directed at you, sweetie!
And it's NOT nonsense, people have actually said that to me. Word for word.
I also don't feel that way about the election. As far as I'm concerned, Canada needed a change. I don't think anyone should be angered by the election, because everyone was able to vote and that's the result. The consensus was reached. More people happened to vote conservative this time.
I also think that the minority part of the equation is a way of testing Stephen Harper as Prime Minister of Canada without the so-called "scary extremist" fears that people have blown way out of logical proportion. Harper is not the antichrist, despite what some people try to portray.
In the end, one person's opinion really doesn't matter. It's the combined opinions of everyone that matters, and that opinion was that Stephen Harper should be PM over Paul Martin. End of story.
Well said nej. I totally agree with you.
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