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The Absolutely Absurd Party is a new Canadian political party, which attempts to carry on the tradition of political satire most famously represented by the Rhinoceros Party of Canada. They appear not to be as funny as them, however. Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... The Rhinoceros Party of Canada, also known as the Rhinos, was a registered political party in Canada from the 1960s to the 1990s. ...


The new party advocates many policies that are seen by many as jokes, including:

  • Reducing the legal voting age to 14. "When was the last time a 14 yr old started a war?" [1] (http://www.absolutelyabsurdparty.ca/policy.html)
  • In federal elections, the individual in dead last becomes the elected official, rather than the one with the most votes.
  • "Streamline the Department of Defense by replacing the Department with a crack, elite squad of Rock/Paper/Scissors commandos." [2] (http://www.absolutelyabsurdparty.ca/policy.html)

The party points out satire in government, and is semi-anarchistic, although they claim to promote a form of direct democracy.[3] (http://www.absolutelyabsurdparty.ca/direct.html) Proposed laws of the Absolutely Absurd Party appear to support activities such as drinking, recreational drug use, and recreational sex. [4] (http://www.absolutelyabsurdparty.ca/policy.html) The voting age is the minimum legal age at which a person may vote in a governmental election. ... Rock, Paper, Scissors chart Rock, Paper, Scissors (sometimes with the elements in its name permuted and/or Rock replaced with Stone and/or Paper with Cloth, but also known as Roshambo, Rochambeau, Row-Sham-Bow, Ick-Ack-Ock, Janken, Mora, Morra Cinese, Gawi-Bawi-Bo, JanKenPon, Ca-Chi-Pun, Farkle... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... Anarchy can refer to: the political theory anarchism, also known as libertarian socialism or anarcho_communism. ... Direct democracy comprises a form of democracy and theory of civics wherein all citizens can directly participate in the political decision-making process. ... Drinking is the act of consuming a liquid through the mouth. ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Sex The members of many species of living things are divided into two or more categories called sexes (or loosely speaking, genders). ...


See also:

This is a list of political parties that have been created for frivolous purposes. ... This article lists political parties in Canada. ...

External links

  • The Absolutely Absurd Party of Canada (http://www.absolutelyabsurdparty.ca/)
  • Canada 2004 Election Coverage (http://www.nodice.ca/election2004/links.html) listed as an "Eligible Political Party"

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