https://www.newspapers-online.com/auroran Sat Apr 18 18:43:44 2026 / +0000 GMT Universal Post Manager 1.1.2 [ www.ProfProjects.com ] http://www.newspapers-online.com/auroran/?p=20763 Sat Apr 18 18:43:44 2026 / +0000 GMT http://www.newspapers-online.com/auroran/?p=20763 (Re: Brock's Banter, May 10) One thing that hasn't blown away is the bias toward the two main parties. Nowhere in a column about the forthcoming election are Andrea Horwath and the NDP even mentioned. Tommy Douglas once called the Liberals and the (no-longer-progressive) Conservatives, the “Tweedle-dum” and “Tweedle-dee” of Canadian politics. We should recall that, according to Lewis Carroll, they “agreed” to have a battle, assuming that whichever prevailed no basic change would occur. US novelist Kurt Vonnegut wrote this about the similar situation in the US (Harper's Magazine, November, 1972): In the United States there are two imaginary political parties - the Republicans and the Democrats; there are also two real political parties - the Winners and the Losers. And, since both imaginary parties are run by the Winners, in every election this much is certain: the Winners will win. We needn't be so cynical. We do have a real choice - not between tired, corrupt Liberals and blustering, hypocritical Conservatives. We should stop being in thrall to the imaginary parties notice that there is a real option. Howard A. Doughty Oak Ridges ]]> 20763 2018-05-31 11:26:48 2018-05-31 15:26:48