To date, I’ve avoided political discussion on my blog. Today however, I am making a minor exception. As most of you should know, Canadians are voting in a federal election tomorrow. In my opinion, other than by paying our taxes or serving in the military, voting is one of the most patriotic things we can do as citizens. To be sure that I’m fully informed before casting my ballot tomorrow, I’ve spent some time comparing party platforms by way of the internet and party websites. This has been helpful and informative, both in assisting me to make my choice and happily, in giving me some light-hearted blog fodder. I bring this up, not to criticise any particular party or out of any partisan bias, but simply out of curiosity and desire for reader feedback on a serious matter in federal politics:
while the Bloc Québécois is thrilled to have you reading their website, en français!
The Liberal Party of Canada challenges you to comment on these grammatical styles.
Please, have at 'er!
4 comments:
Wow, you must have read "Eats, Shoots and Leaves." I had no idea you felt so strongly about these important punctuation issues. Perhaps you and I should start a National Punctuation Party to run in the next federal election. We'll run on a platform promoting punctuation police and fines for businesses that misspell signs. We'll also place a "punctuation tax " on all text messages to discourage people from using god-awful shorthand in their churlish messages.
Signed
The Phantom Blogger
Darn! I forgot a comma after "signed" in that last message.
Signed,
The Phantom Blogger
Hi K!
My computer got reformatted and I lost all my email addresses. I've been missing you and want to write, but true to form, I lost the list of current addresses I'd made to transfer, and all I can find is your old email.
When you have time will you shoot me a note? I hope you and Man are well, and that you had a lovely Christmas and New Year!
- Steph
Hello,,, I just stumbled upon your website and I found it quite interesting! I think it is an exciting way of life,, one I would love to try,(except maybe for the black flies and mosquitoes, lol). I live in Upper Michigan and we have our fair share of them in the summer, but nothing I am sure compared to there. Anyway,, the way of life you are pursuing sounds so nice,,, to be around Nature in all of her glory. But for now, I am stuck here,, with the noise (we have an iron mine right here in town) and my "civilized" life. I admire your spirit of adventure. Sincerely,, jnumikoski
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