Great finds, Billy. Maybe we can have them all as guests on Mike's podcast. :-)
On Sep 13, 2011, at 2:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: > First time I have come across a Canadian who calls himself a Radical Centrist. > Here is his reply to a short news item at a Liberal Democrat site, > The news piece appears below. > > Billy > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Radical Centrist > Posted 14th April 2011 at 3:06 pm | Permalink > This is a bit of a niggly point for me, but as a Canadian, I am slightly > bothered by your headline for this story. It isn’t really a Canadian > political campaign rule, but rather one (probably) unique to the British > Columbia New Democratic Party. I doubt even the federal NDP requires this of > their leadership candidates, and I’ve certainly never heard of any other > party at any level, federal or provincial requiring something like this. > Maybe there are some – but this is the first time I’ve ever heard of anything > like this. Calling it a “Canadian rule” makes it sound as if this is a > common-place practice in the country. It’s not – it’s unique to one party in > one province. > > ==================================================== > > Liberal Democrat Voice / Canada > > One Canadian online political campaigning rule unlikely to make it to the UK > > By Mark Pack | Published 14th April 2011 - 2:24 pm > Canada’s CBC News reports: > > A politician running to lead the B.C. New Democrats says he is refusing to > comply with a requirement of leadership hopefuls to hand over the passwords > to their social media accounts. > > Nicholas Simons, an NDP MLA who’s hoping to run in the leadership race, says > he’s left that information off his nomination package. > > The party’s intent is to try to ensure there are no skeletons hidden in > candidates’ private profiles. > > As the report mentions, leaving aside the gauche politics of this, it’s also > rather unwise to demand someone hands over passwords when it is a common > feature of terms and conditions of services that you shouldn’t do so. > > > > > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
