Spark wrote:
AirForce2076 wrote:
Spark wrote:
I've got a question: Why, oh why, do you run a Two-Party System???? In Australia we have the unique situation where the 'balance-of-power' (so to speak) is not in the hands of the two major parties.
Do you know there are communists who try to get votes on the election cards we vote on? Of course most of us dont vote for them because communism has already proven to not work. Man has tried everything and it all came down to man having to be free. Sorry if we are already light years ahead of you.
What do you mean? Having a multiple-party system ensures that one party, even if they control both houses of parliament, don't have full control. Mostly they have to go begging to the Independents/Minor parties to support their policies (which they seldom do).
Certain minor parties generally "ally" with another party to gain more political sway in a vote, so if the "Greens" (yes greens is a real political party in Aus) receives votes, those votes would go to whichever party they're allied with, along with them as well, which is usually the Liberal Party.
And moving onto other stuff.
To be frank, the American government has been playing on people's fear for a long time now, there has been ONE major attack(s) on US soil, which was 9/11, now consider this, if that was 5 years ago, what gives? Why are you people paranoid about another attack, your security is stupidly tight and tense, as well as your population, what gives? Accept the fact that the chance of an actual freakin' terrorist attack on US Soil is near impossible, so crawl out from under your cave with Cable access and a mobile Mc'Donalds restaraunt and see the beautiful sun you oh so blind moles.
Onto Iraq, it was both a good and bad thing, Bush got rid of a really evil twisted person yes, but he also completely obliterated the Iraqi society and culture, way to "Liberate", it seems to me that America is enforcing Westernisation onto Iraq ("Let's build a Mc'Donalds here YEEEHAWW", "War is hell and I wanna die YEHAWW"), by introducing western style culture, such as Mc'Donalds etc.
I mean, what gives? (that's twice now), just give 'em democracy, and leave them be, dont' force godamn Fast Food on them, don't force another language on them ,don't do ANYTHING to their culture, just deal with the fucking partisans, and don't touch another oil-rich country ever again, and you probably won't be threatened, but this'll probably fall on deaf ears that only hear "OMG HES A LIBERAL!! MUST FLAME HIM"
