[fvc-wat-disc] New insert (sample)

[Brian Tanguay]

Well put. I'd say the first three objectives you've listed are pretty
important, and for that very reason I would suggest including the French
and bolding the phrases we want to emphasize. 

Urquhart probably dropped the French because his editor didn't want
that language "polluting" the Star ... and I guess that is an issue I
have overlooked - the many, many Ontarians for whom the mere sight of
French throws them into a frenzy. So there are definitely pros and cons
to including it ... I can live with either, like I said.

Nice use of orthogonal Paul. I see a promising career in academe
opening up for you!
Brian

>>> pnijjar at sdf.lonestar.org 7/5/2007 9:48 PM >>>
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Brian Tanguay wrote:

> I'm not so sure removing the French at this stage will achieve the
> results we want. Won't it make the question look even weirder when
the
> voters finally do get a look at the ballot?
 	I guess this debate boils down to: why are we showing them the 
question in the first place?
 	- To help familiarize them with what they will see?
 	- To help them navigate the ballot they see in October?
 	- To point out the confusing bits so they can avoid them?
 	- To bash the government?
 	- To scare them into learning something about the referendum?

 	We definitely want to familiarize them with the options. Maybe 
training them to look for the phrases "first-past-the-post" and 
"mixed-member proportional" are the way to go. If so, we could
emphasize 
those by bolding the terms. That is a distinct issue (I almost said 
"orthogonal", but I'm not an academic) to dropping the French.

> This is just a thought; I'm not really wedded to the idea of keeping
> the French in the information booklet. But it might serve our
ultimate
> purpose better than dropping it.

 	Our pal Ian Urquhart dropped the French in describing the 
question:

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/231595 

- Paul
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