Stephen, Michael Moore already made a movie about your proposed invasion called, "Canadian Bacon." If I give you all lots of back bacon and new toques as you march to the sea will you spare my wife and children? Thanks.
Chuck ********************************* Charles M. Huffman, Ph.D. Chair, Psychology Dept. Cumberland College, Box 7990 Williamsburg, KY 40769 (606) 539-4419 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************* -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:11 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: APA Presidential Elections I said, in one of my posts apparently free from typos, that Canadians would have voted for Kerry. Rick Froman admonished me: . I would <snip> suggest you > consider how it would sound if you heard that most Americans would vote > for a particular individual for Canadian Prime Minister but, > unfortunately, my American ethnocentrism just kicked in and I can't > remember the name of your Prime Minister and I am just too apathetic to > Google it. I don't even know if you have direct elections of your Prime > Minister. You do have Prime Ministers up there, right? > And Jody Gabert helpfully contributed: > If I remember correctly, Paul Martin is the current PM of > Canada and he's a member of the Liberal party. Do I get > full marks for that? I'd say about 90%, Jody. Actually, our previous prime minister was Jean Poutine, and the current one, just elected, is Paul Merde, who is indeed the leader of the Liberal party. I'm also happy to enlighten Rick Froman, a typically political science-challenged friend from our southern neighbour. Yes, we do have a Prime Minister and no, we do not directly elect him or her. Instead, we vote for our representative member of Parliament and the party which elects the most members ("seats") gets to choose the prime minister. In reference to Rick's admonishment, those in the Undecided States are probably not aware that just before our election we had a visit from someone named Michael Moore. He advised us not to vote for the Conservative Party, whose platform is pro-gun, pro war in Iraq, anti- abortion and anti-gay (sound like a political party you know?). Some hotheads in that party resented Moore's good advice, and advocated use of an obscure law we have in Canada, never-used and probably unconstitutional, to prosecute him for interference in our election (see www.talkaboutabook.com/group/alt.censorship/messages/218649.html) No one did, and we seem to have taken his advice, which is why we ended up with the Liberals and Paul Merde. I might also mention that we have an unusual example of real democracy in our current Parliament, in that the Bloc Quebecois holds a substantial number of seats. The primary goal of this party is to achieve Quebec separation and, in the process, destroy Canada. In other countries, notably the US and France, it is an extremely serious criminal offense to advocate such things, and I believe you can be executed for doing it. Up here, we just call it democracy. And while I'm on the topic of political differences between Canada and the Undecided States, I should point out that voters in the US are allowed only to elect electors, who do the real deciding on who gets to be president. So Americans actually do not have a democratic system. Given that you don't, and that you also possess weapons of mass destruction, we're thinking of invading you to bring freedom and democracy. Stephen ___________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm _______________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
