Comments on: So yeah, our electoral system is shite, isn’t it? http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/05/unsavoury-coalition Adrian Clark's blog Fri, 09 Oct 2020 22:10:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: John Gaunt http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/05/unsavoury-coalition/comment-page-1#comment-14560 John Gaunt Tue, 11 May 2010 10:21:54 +0000 http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/?p=753#comment-14560 You seriously need to check your facts. Ms Blackwood is a well educated, open minded, intelligent progressive person. She is not creationist (or even close to it), she is not fundamentalist (or anything like it), in fact religion was not an issue on the campaign trail at all except when Harris made it one. I doubt you will ever find anyone better capable of critical and rational thinking than Ms Blackwood: yet somehow because she believes in God, she gets this label, as unwarranted and vindictive as Dr Death ever was. Can you point to a single stance of hers you object to as being 'too religious'? I bet you cannot. Do your research as opposed to leaping to wild assumptions. Ms Blackwood won because she was the best candidate, and if Harris' complete lack of grace and class in defeat is any example of his character, then Oxford/Abingdon is much better off. You seriously need to check your facts. Ms Blackwood is a well educated, open minded, intelligent progressive person. She is not creationist (or even close to it), she is not fundamentalist (or anything like it), in fact religion was not an issue on the campaign trail at all except when Harris made it one. I doubt you will ever find anyone better capable of critical and rational thinking than Ms Blackwood: yet somehow because she believes in God, she gets this label, as unwarranted and vindictive as Dr Death ever was. Can you point to a single stance of hers you object to as being ‘too religious’? I bet you cannot.

Do your research as opposed to leaping to wild assumptions. Ms Blackwood won because she was the best candidate, and if Harris’ complete lack of grace and class in defeat is any example of his character, then Oxford/Abingdon is much better off.

]]> By: Steve http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/05/unsavoury-coalition/comment-page-1#comment-14558 Steve Sat, 08 May 2010 18:00:48 +0000 http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/?p=753#comment-14558 Can you imagine if we end up like America and the most important issues become homosexuality and abortion? A few years ago I would laughed that off - but now I'm not so sure. We certainly need the system fixing. We probably should start by teaching children how to think critically and rationally. The Dr. Evan Harris situation is certainly one of the most disturbing stories of the election. Being labelled as Dr. Death is surely career damaging and libellous. Can you imagine if we end up like America and the most important issues become homosexuality and abortion? A few years ago I would laughed that off – but now I’m not so sure.

We certainly need the system fixing. We probably should start by teaching children how to think critically and rationally.

The Dr. Evan Harris situation is certainly one of the most disturbing stories of the election. Being labelled as Dr. Death is surely career damaging and libellous.

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