Comments on: Vote for the Socialist Left Party on the 14th of September http://blog.zerodogg.org/2009/09/10/vote-for-the-socialist-left-party-on-the-14th-of-september/ Geeky comments on geeky things Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Zero_Dogg http://blog.zerodogg.org/2009/09/10/vote-for-the-socialist-left-party-on-the-14th-of-september/comment-page-1/#comment-66270 Zero_Dogg Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:09:43 +0000 http://blog.zerodogg.org/?p=134#comment-66270 ReinoutS, to be honest, I don't see it as that much of an issue. The parties that have any chance of getting into the parliament are represented on NRK, the smaller parties can get air time on 'Frikanalen' (The free channel), and for instance the green party has been present during debates concerning the environment on NRK, though not as one of the primary debaters. Now, I guess I may be biased here as my party is represented in the debates (but not allocated exclusive time, as in that suggestion - and neither is anyone else). There is also the practical bit about it. The greens had a total of 3 636 votes in the 2005 election. If we should allocate exclusive time to them, then we should probably do the same to every other party, which would be a total of 11 parties if the requirement is to be represented in all counties, or a total of 24 parties if all that is required is running for government, where realistically only 8 parties have any chance of getting into the parliament. Last election the Red party (Rødt) mentioned on the site got 32 297 votes, the greens like I said got 3 636, neither got in. The party above Rødt godt 155 802 votes and /did/ get represented. This year, Rødt has a small chance to get into the parliament, and is thus represented. The greens does not. In my opinion, this does not represent any kind of democratic issue. One has free speech, they have election booths and are represented in school debates, they can hand out fliers just like we do (I was up at 05:45 this morning to hand out fliers to the early commuters), there's the internet, newspapers and who knows what else. I don't think everyone with an opinion can be allocated time on TV. What this boils down to is that I disagree, though I guess there might be better ways to solve it. ReinoutS,
to be honest, I don’t see it as that much of an issue. The parties that have any chance of getting into the parliament are represented on NRK, the smaller parties can get air time on ‘Frikanalen’ (The free channel), and for instance the green party has been present during debates concerning the environment on NRK, though not as one of the primary debaters.

Now, I guess I may be biased here as my party is represented in the debates (but not allocated exclusive time, as in that suggestion – and neither is anyone else).

There is also the practical bit about it. The greens had a total of 3 636 votes in the 2005 election. If we should allocate exclusive time to them, then we should probably do the same to every other party, which would be a total of 11 parties if the requirement is to be represented in all counties, or a total of 24 parties if all that is required is running for government, where realistically only 8 parties have any chance of getting into the parliament. Last election the Red party (Rødt) mentioned on the site got 32 297 votes, the greens like I said got 3 636, neither got in. The party above Rødt godt 155 802 votes and /did/ get represented. This year, Rødt has a small chance to get into the parliament, and is thus represented. The greens does not.

In my opinion, this does not represent any kind of democratic issue. One has free speech, they have election booths and are represented in school debates, they can hand out fliers just like we do (I was up at 05:45 this morning to hand out fliers to the early commuters), there’s the internet, newspapers and who knows what else. I don’t think everyone with an opinion can be allocated time on TV.

What this boils down to is that I disagree, though I guess there might be better ways to solve it.

]]> By: ReinoutS http://blog.zerodogg.org/2009/09/10/vote-for-the-socialist-left-party-on-the-14th-of-september/comment-page-1/#comment-66269 ReinoutS Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:45:27 +0000 http://blog.zerodogg.org/?p=134#comment-66269 As a Norwegian citizen, what is your opinion about http://www.democracyinnorway.net/ ? I received a call to sign this petition. As a Norwegian citizen, what is your opinion about http://www.democracyinnorway.net/ ? I received a call to sign this petition.

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