[fvc-wat-disc] A letter re electoral reform from SeánOS

[Anita Nickerson]

Thanks, Sean! Your letters are among the most intriguing ones!

Anita

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Jennifer Ross <2jennross at gmail.com> wrote:

> Really great letter, Sean!  My sentiments exactly this morning.
>
> Jenn
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Sean OS <fifthprovince at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Honorable Karina Gould M.P.
>>
>> Minister of Democratic Institutions
>>
>> House of Commons
>>
>> Ottawa, ON  K1A 0A6
>>
>>
>>
>> January 20, 2017
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Minister Gould,
>>
>> Congratulations on your appointment to the most important post in the
>> present parliament. This is not *plámás** - it is *not* ‘empty flattery’
>> or ‘ingratiating talk’. It is a serious and sincere expression of hope and
>> trust. I am writing this in the morning of Friday January 20, 2017 – a day
>> in which much of our attention is inclined to focus down south on Disunited
>> Distopia and what is expected to be a cacotopia **circus. It is a possible
>> foretaste of what could happen in Canada.
>>
>>
>> Unless, of course, you do a Trojan job - for which you are noted - on
>> reforming our electoral system. When our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau (In
>> 1971, I celebrated the Eucharist for his parents on their honeymoon in
>> Tobago), whispered in French some months ago that he didn’t think people
>> were that keen on electoral reform, he betrayed the trust and hope that so
>> many of us had for this very thing if he was elected; and he promised it!
>>
>>
>> So please do not just give us platitudes that may be placating for the
>> non-plebs and the impious ears of the self-clowned Emperor of Amerikay. Let
>> Canada continue to be a beacon of benevolence and constitutional democracy;
>> and not pander, nor be a hostage, to the friendly fascism being bequeath to
>> our brethren “South of the Border” but certainly not “… down Mexico Way”.
>> We do believe in you … at this moment.
>>
>>
>> Keep the momentum going.
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> Seán O’Seasnáin
>>
>>
>> References:
>>
>> * It means: 'Pay no attention to his flattery.' Don't and mind were
>> merged, so the phrase sounded like /do:'maɪndɪz 'plɔ:mɔ:sən/. Plámás
>> /'plɔ:mɔ:s/ ['plaw-mawse'] is an Irish noun and verb used in
>> Hiberno-English; it means empty flattery, ingratiating talk, disingenuous
>> praise. https://www.google.ie/#q=pl%C3%A1m%C3%A1s+meaning
>>
>> ** Cacotopia (κακό, caco = bad) meaning “a cataclysmic decline in
>> society” and was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 19th century works
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia
>>
>>
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