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- From: robinson@mdivax1.uucp (Jim Robinson)
- Subject: Re: Reform Party
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.050620.4688@mdivax1.uucp>
- Reply-To: robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com (Jim Robinson)
- Organization: Motorola - Mobile Data Division; Richmond, BC
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- References: <1992Nov22.225314.3104@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 05:06:47 GMT
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- Michael Hui (myhui@bnr.ca) wrote:
- >
- >A party that's based on religious teachings is one that's doomed to
- >fail in North American society. For a recent example, look at how
- >repulsed Americans are at the latest incarnation of the Republican
- >party. For a well documented example in the past, watch Malcolm X, the
- >movie. If the PC ever got close to adopting the religious fervor
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >evident in the Reform party's rhetoric, they would lose the Quebec vote
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >completely, and that's no small potatoes.
-
- Please elaborate on RP rhetoric that contains religious fervor. As a good
- agnostic I try to keep my eyes and ears open for this type of thing, and I
- can't really recall hearing the RP be any worse than any other party when
- it comes to this. The RP claims to want to put more power into the hands of
- the "common person". If anything, such a desire is at direct odds with
- mainstream Christian religions which have a definite top-down slant to
- them.
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- Jim Robinson
- robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com
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