<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Hi Gisela, I think it would be ethical to attribute it to the author, Peter Shawn Taylor. He will be encouraged to write more witticisms</div><div><br>On Jun 21, 2018, at 12:31 PM, Gisela Ruckert <<a href="mailto:gisela.ruckert@gmail.com">gisela.ruckert@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sounds very “tweetable!” I’ll give it a whirl.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:bc_pr_discussion_group@googlegroups.com">bc_pr_discussion_group@googlegroups.com</a> <<a href="mailto:bc_pr_discussion_group@googlegroups.com">bc_pr_discussion_group@googlegroups.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Ross<br><b>Sent:</b> June 21, 2018 9:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> Catherine Campbell <<a href="mailto:cdcampbell9@gmail.com">cdcampbell9@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> FVC Waterloo Region Discussion <<a href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:bc_pr_discussion_group@googlegroups.com">bc_pr_discussion_group@googlegroups.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [fvc-wat-disc] A-Ford-able government<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Well, it isn't published yet, but it is short and sweet enough that I have hope!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 11:55 AM, Catherine Campbell <<a href="mailto:cdcampbell9@gmail.com" target="_blank">cdcampbell9@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Brilliant wit Peter Shawn Taylor and congratulations to Jenn on adding her solution, writing it all briefly in a way the public can understand in a letter to the Record and getting it published. Rock on! Cathe<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Jun 21, 2018, at 7:44 AM, Jennifer Ross <<a href="mailto:2jennross@gmail.com" target="_blank">2jennross@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">As brought to my attention by the BC writers group, my letter to the editor of The Record:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"></td><td style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>I've got to hand it to Peter Shawn Taylor. He did sum up nicely the purpose of the First Past the Post electoral system.</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>The purpose does seem to be to vote out the government the majority of its citizens didn't want in the first place.</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Let's try voting in governments we want.</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div id="m_-9057661545938474489gmail-:bfj"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img border="0" width="100" height="100" style="width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD254.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Jennifer Ross</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Kitchener, ON</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#888888">No other Western democratic country concentrates as much political power in the hands of one person as Canada does with her Prime Minister. </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>This is the fvc-wat-disc mailing list<br>Post a message: <a href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org" target="_blank">fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</a><br>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-disc_listserv.thinkers.org" target="_blank">http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-disc_listserv.thinkers.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#888888">No other Western democratic country concentrates as much political power in the hands of one person as Canada does with her Prime Minister. </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BC_PR_Discussion_Group" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:bc_pr_discussion_group+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">bc_pr_discussion_group+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>For more options, visit <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/optout">https://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></body></html>