Question for the AC Mods about the upcoming election
Sep 7, 2008 | 9:18 pm
#31
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Posts: 12,100
If FT does not work,there are alternatives.
Regardless,thanks for raising the question airbus320.^
Regardless,thanks for raising the question airbus320.^
Sep 7, 2008 | 10:13 pm
#32
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: May 2002
Location: YEG
Programs: HH Silver
Posts: 57,084
I understood the rules were the rules all of the time Grey Cup, Stanley Cup or unnecessary federal election notwithstanding.
Sep 7, 2008 | 10:25 pm
#33
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Benicia CA
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold 75K, AA 3.8MM, UA 1.1MM, enjoying the retired life
Posts: 31,849
I, for one, would like to hear about the Canadian elections and would encourage posts about it in OMNI. It's not all about the U.S. elections there. Don't let them run you off.
Sep 8, 2008 | 10:49 am
#34
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Body in Downtown YYZ, heart and mind elsewhere
Programs: UA 50K, refugee from AC E50K, Marriott Lifetime Plat
Posts: 5,169
For what it's worth, I do read several forums here on FT but two that I don't read are Canada and Toronto. Judging by post activity, it's fair to say that most people here on AC do not read either of those.
The election period will be short and the AC forum is the one that everyone visits. Accordingly I think it would be approrpiate to post in one thread (and one thread only) here on the AC forum.
Naturally, standard rules of engagement should apply - no flame wars, no personal attacks etc. But I do think the thread should be based here.
The election period will be short and the AC forum is the one that everyone visits. Accordingly I think it would be approrpiate to post in one thread (and one thread only) here on the AC forum.
Naturally, standard rules of engagement should apply - no flame wars, no personal attacks etc. But I do think the thread should be based here.
Sep 8, 2008 | 10:53 am
#35
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: YTZ/LHR
Programs: VIPorter First, BA GGL, DL Plat, Golden Circle Elite
Posts: 830
How about the thread "How will the election affect Aeroplan members in Canada?" Then it's on topic. BTW, you should spend time in the Toronto forum, especially the Leslieville thread. Air Canada planes often fly over Leslieville.
Sep 8, 2008 | 10:55 am
#36
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC SE100K, HH G
Posts: 2,454
For what it's worth, I do read several forums here on FT but two that I don't read are Canada and Toronto. Judging by post activity, it's fair to say that most people here on AC do not read either of those.
The election period will be short and the AC forum is the one that everyone visits. Accordingly I think it would be approrpiate to post in one thread (and one thread only) here on the AC forum.
The election period will be short and the AC forum is the one that everyone visits. Accordingly I think it would be approrpiate to post in one thread (and one thread only) here on the AC forum.
Sep 8, 2008 | 1:36 pm
#37
Join Date: May 2003
Programs: NZ Silver, AC SE100K, Westjet, Marriott, Global Entry
Posts: 6,877
Or those not interested in the topic, not open the thread.
Sep 8, 2008 | 2:07 pm
#38
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Programs: OWEmerald; STARGold; BonvoyPlat; IHGPlat/Amb; HiltonGold; A|ClubPat; AirMilesPlat
Posts: 38,190
Yup, and it's bitten the Liberals in the a**. (They say they are going to buy carbon off-sets and have challenged the other campaigns to also do so.) But obviously this deal was done by the same person who stole the name for the Liberal's "green shift" from a small Toronto eco consultancy. But the 737-200 is an improvement from the 727 they used in the last campaign...which also received similar criticism. The real problem for the Liberals is they have no money and have to rely on friends to get good deals on slightly used airplanes!
Sep 8, 2008 | 2:13 pm
#39
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: YUL
Posts: 2,283
I visit the site for aviation/FF related information - NOT politics
Take it elsewhere.
Take it elsewhere.
Sep 8, 2008 | 2:13 pm
#40
Suspended
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Toronto YYZ UA-1K 1MM,QFgold
Programs: Royal Ambassador/ SPG Platinum 75/Marriott gold
Posts: 14,283
Yup, and it's bitten the Liberals in the a**. (They say they are going to buy carbon off-sets and have challenged the other campaigns to also do so.) But obviously this deal was done by the same person who stole the name for the Liberal's "green shift" from a small Toronto eco consultancy. But the 737-200 is an improvement from the 727 they used in the last campaign...which also received similar criticism. The real problem for the Liberals is they have no money and have to rely on friends to get good deals on slightly used airplanes!
LOL nobody in the Liberal party wants to stand behind/with the loser.
Twit didnt think an election was coming, so the Liberals did as usual, nothing........ till it was too late. Now they will be flying an old junk heap sucking gas. LOL wait till the first time it breaks down leaving him stranded.
Sep 8, 2008 | 4:37 pm
#41
Join Date: Feb 2007
Programs: AC Elite
Posts: 592
Of course, this would also hold true for many other threads that are OT. Why not just allow them all and you can click on the ones you're interested in! 
It all depends on perspective: if you are interested in Canadian election politics, you want it to stay here... if not, you don't want it any more than any other OT thread...
What's the point of having rules if they are selectively enforced?
It all depends on perspective: if you are interested in Canadian election politics, you want it to stay here... if not, you don't want it any more than any other OT thread...
What's the point of having rules if they are selectively enforced?
Sep 8, 2008 | 5:43 pm
#42
Original Poster
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Southern Alberta
Posts: 20,547
Sep 8, 2008 | 5:47 pm
#43
Join Date: May 2003
Programs: NZ Silver, AC SE100K, Westjet, Marriott, Global Entry
Posts: 6,877
It all depends on perspective: if you are interested in Canadian election politics, you want it to stay here... if not, you don't want it any more than any other OT thread...
What's the point of having rules if they are selectively enforced?
Sep 8, 2008 | 6:43 pm
#44
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC SE100K, HH G
Posts: 2,454
There is a time and a place for everything. But it's not always the same place for everything.
Sep 8, 2008 | 10:18 pm
#45
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
Programs: AC, AA, SPG
Posts: 776
No arguments about the importance, but there are countless sources for election information (and this forum wouldn't in practice be about news or information anyway, but, rather, partisan bickering and haranguing). I'm not looking for election information when watching a movie, reading a book, going hiking, mowing the lawn, sitting on a flight or eating my breakfast cereal, either.
There is a time and a place for everything. But it's not always the same place for everything.
There is a time and a place for everything. But it's not always the same place for everything.
I realise there is an arguement that if you don't want to read the thread move on. To me I'll have to read the title to skip over it and thus I'll end up thinking politics and that's not what I want to think about when I'm here.
Just to get to this thread to make a comment I've already had to read about how Dion is a "twit" and a "loser", this is not why I come to Flyertalk.