--- Matthias Kirschner mk@fsfe.org wrote:
Hi Sid, some questions:
- Sid Dabster sid_dabster@yahoo.ca [2005-03-14
14:57:58 -0500]:
The Legalise Cannabis Alliance/Party was started
in
Norwich in 1997, where I live, by a few ex-Labour
party
members.
Is Norwich a city? In Canada? How many people are living there?
Norwich is a city in England, about 120,000 live there.
no difference. After LCP was formed they stood in
a
handful of seats (five) and within a few years the
government had reduce the criminal offence of carrying it to virtual nothing and started trials of Cannabis for medical use.
The government of Norwich or the government of your country?
The government of the UK. I cannot make the meeting in Norwich on the 20th March, because of a clash with another meeting I going to.
[...]
I hope have not upset anyone, but I feel compeled
to do something
because I feel so strongly about this issue.
I think there are better ways to do something then founding a political party if you want to help Free Software. Help building a local Free Software organisation which focus on the political issues.
Several people have said pressure groups are better, and hinted that they exist, I know of no multi-platform anti-M$ pressure group. In fact one of the main problems is that there is no medium sized or large organisation against Microsoft and everyone is complaining on their own in isolation, and feeling powerless.
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