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Comment on Dangers of double negatives by Andrea Bolognani

Andrea Bolognani — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:23:00 +0000

It is frequent here in Italy to have that kind of referendum.

Thing is, the vote is about removing something, so voting Yes means you want it removed, and voting No means you don’t want it to be removed.

And yes, the use of inverse logic is counter–intuitive as hell.

Comment on Dangers of double negatives by david

david — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:11:37 +0000

The actual question is, would you like to replace the HST with the GST and PST. Not sure on exact words. It makes more sense when you read the question

For background the PST is provincial, the GST is federal. The GST applies to more things than the PST. Last year the two taxes were replaced by the HST to harmonize the systems. Now everything that we paid GST on, we pay HST (well almost, there are some at the cash register provincial rebates for some items, such as books and home heating). The largest benefit is that it is half the paper work for all the companies that have to collect the taxes and submit them to the government, and then only 1 government office to process all the taxes.

Comment on Dangers of double negatives by David Siegel

David Siegel — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:17:44 +0000

I was living (and voting) in Los Angeles when Prop. 8 was on the ballot. You had to vote ‘No’ if you didn’t want to make same-sex marriages illegal again.

Comment on Dangers of double negatives by Steven

Steven — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:48:09 +0000

I don’t think it’s so much ‘tricky’, at least not intentionally so. It comes from the fact that the current status quo has HST. So in order to get rid of it you must pass legislation. You must pass by voting yes.

So any change to the status quo needs a ‘yes’ vote and to keep status quo you vote ‘no’.

I think it would be far more confusing to ask people to vote ‘no’ to remove an existing tax. Remember, you’re not being asked if you like the tax (that would be a poll), you’re being asked if you would like to pass the proposed referendum to remove the tax.

BTW, I’m also not a resident of that area, but the same rules apply most (all?) government voting measures.

Comment on Ivanka, quo vadis? by John Kerr

John Kerr — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:36:35 +0000

Thank you for all of your efforts at Canonical.
Have a great trip, drive safe (assume that every other driver on the road don’t see you at first glance and you will most likely have assumed correctly 95% of the time).

Comment on Ivanka, quo vadis? by Hendra

Hendra — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:31:50 +0000

Will you blog about the journey as you go?

Comment on Ivanka, quo vadis? by msx

msx — Mon, 30 May 2011 01:29:19 +0000

Hey, let me know if you happen to pass by Mar del Plata, it would be pretty to meet someone who worked at Canonical Ltd
Have a nice trip!
Cheers,
Martín Cigorraga

Comment on Ivanka, quo vadis? by Tim Barnett

Tim Barnett — Sat, 28 May 2011 12:08:45 +0000

Sounds like an excellent trip – hope you have a super time.

If you get a chance, come to Bonito in Brazil and stay with us. We have a pousada (small hotel) and there is lots of attractions around here.

Cheers,

Tim Barnett

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Comment on Ivanka, quo vadis? by Paul d'Aoust

Paul d'Aoust — Sat, 28 May 2011 03:33:58 +0000

Best of luck to you! My wife and I just came back from a six-month honeymoon — we did a road trip around New Zealand, only we weren’t quite as cool as you guys, because we bought a Toyota minivan instead of a motorcycle

I’m sure people have told you this already, but I’d definitely recommend the western chunk of Canada, rather than the prairies. The prairies do have their charm, but it wears off after the 500th kilometre of wheat The coast is nice, but the Rockies are nicer — and then you have to come through the Okanagan, where I live, because it’s wine country!

Have fun, drive safe, and do what we did — only plan a week in advance. It’s more adventurous that way