Which political party would be good for motorcyclists?

[Goblin]

So whats your answer?? Anarchy??

Not at all. Im just sick of the same old bullshit promises, same old greedy pricks wanting to be in "power" to line their own pockets. We need to show these arseholes we're not happy with them. You wont do that by not voting at all. I'd like to see what would happen if enough people did protest vote.

[oneofsix]

Not at all. Im just sick of the same old bullshit promises, same old greedy pricks wanting to be in "power" to line their own pockets. We need to show these arseholes we're not happy with them. You wont do that by not voting at all. I'd like to see what would happen if enough people did protest vote.

Bring back the McGullicuddy Serious Party. I reckon they gave up when they got too close to actually winning seats.

[oldrider]

Left wing (Greens etc) don't want us burning up petrol so we should be quietly disposed of.
Right Wing (Act etc) see us as rebels and nonconfirmists so we should be quietly disposed of.
Center Wing??! (Labour, National) see us as easy prey for taxes, or prime customers for the private insurance companies that takeover ACC.

Ho Hum, Resurrect McGillicuddy perhaps?

Right Wing (Act etc) see us as rebels and nonconfirmists so we should be quietly disposed of.

OK but where did you get this information/opinion from?

[James Deuce]

Bring back the McGullicuddy Serious Party. I reckon they gave up when they got too close to actually winning seats.

That's correct, that was part of the charter.

[unstuck]

There seems to be a lot of anti government opinions on this thread, but no real solutions or alternatives. Surely if you are opposed to something you have an idea or opinion on a solution. Seems a bit weak to say" down with the government" without a backup plan.

[oneofsix]

That's correct, that was part of the charter.

I understand why it would have been part of their charter and is totally in line with what McGillicuddy were but it does leave NZ voters without a protest vote option. It is a pity that the other parties didn't take notice and clean up their acts instead of McGillicuddy having to disband. Perhaps, politicians being as thick as they are, it would have required McGillicuddy to actually occupy seats in parliament and make it ineffective.
I don't think they would have been good for motorcyclists however with their great leap backwards policy and the return to horse and cart.

[James Deuce]

I don't think they would have been good for motorcyclists however with their great leap backwards policy and the return to horse and cart.

But it is one of those moves that would have been empowering for people with shovels. You can't deny that.

[oneofsix]

But it is one of those moves that would have been empowering for people with shovels. You can't deny that.

and gardeners, or are they included as people with shovels?

[unstuck]

politicians being as thick as they are,

I have to disagree. Where else can you get a job where you do sweet fuck all and get paid shitloads of money, free travel and all the other perks that they get. I would suggest they are extremely smart.

[rustyrobot]

Not only do they get all those perks - their job interview process pretty much consists of them lying to as many people as possible, and looking good on billboards. Imagine if you could make such baseless promises for any job you applied for - and then never had to stand by the promises you made. It would certainly make interviews a hell of a lot easier.

"If you give me this job I will triple productivity, halve expenditure and leave the entire company feeling satisfied and happy".

"You didn't manage to do any of those things"

"Oh Sorry, the outgoing employee left the position in a much worse situation than I had realised when I made those statements. I think I'll give myself a raise now."

[avgas]

So whats your answer?? Anarchy??

Something tells me if we cant stop ACC levies going up or a Wellywood sign going up......Anarchy is a long shot for NZ.
So lets remove the government and find out......Who knows it could be a better world.

[oneofsix]

Something tells me if we cant stop ACC levies going up or a Wellywood sign going up......Anarchy is a long shot for NZ.
So lets remove the government and find out......Who knows it could be a better world.

Anarchy could work in NZ. We don't care enough to run riot and its full of people that know what the law is without ever having read it.

[oldrider]

Something tells me if we cant stop ACC levies going up or a Wellywood sign going up......Anarchy is a long shot for NZ.
So lets remove the government and find out......Who knows it could be a better world.

Careful what you wish for, look at what is going on in the Arab states!

What are we going to replace the current load of wankers with ... worse wankers with guns!

When the peasants decide to revolt, you usually just end up with revolting peasant!

[unstuck]

Holy shit, I better start stocking up on guns and ammo. Your obviously all friggin mad.Woohoo, would be good to shoot a few Gorons though as they are doing laps on a friday night,I might set up myself a sniper nest in the clocktower in town, just in case.

[rustyrobot]

Careful what you wish for, look at what is going on in the Arab states!

What are we going to replace the current load of wankers with ... worse wankers with guns!

You sure have an interesting analysis of the Arab uprisings. It looks to me like they are attempting to replace the current 'wankers with guns' with something resembling representative democracy.

Besides, I think what these folks are suggesting is Anarchism (no rulers, not "no rules") rather than anarchy (chaos).

We operate in an Anarchistic way a lot of the time. Some of the key principles of Anarchism are mutual aid (helping each other out), solidarity (sticking by each other) and consensus based decision making (rather than loudest/most wins). Don't need a politician to decide which way to go when you're on a group ride.