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Ah, OK...so as long as intentions are basically good, then all's well. By
this
logic, anyone who wishes to offer the least criticism for, as an example,
Michael Brown and/or George Bush, must prove to an, um, metaphysical
certainty
that they had bad intentions for every factor that would affect that
criticism
or have that critique voided by the "but they didn't INTEND..."
rebuttal...

I must have missed the part where this actor was going to serve in a
mission-critical function like, say, head of FEMA. Could you elaborate?


I have no idea what actual legal duties the
Prothonotary in BC has, but if it does, I don't see how,
generally-speaking, a
person in an "IT job" would have legal training to qualify them for the
position
over, say, a notary (a "civil attorney" type notary, not a bank teller
with a
stamp and a pen), lawyer, paralegal, legal secretary, etc.

as the job is set up here, the Prothonotary is more or less the keeper of
all non-court related County records. Yes, in this day and age, IT
management can make for a much more modern and organized system of doing the
job. The normal occupant of said position is usually a person from a
well-connected family in need of a job, any job.

That brings us to the second point - this civic-minded IT guy isn't being
appointed, he's having to run, and if the people he intends to serve want
him to
serve regardless of his qualifications, then so be it.

I read your objections, such as you raise, to the Obama administration, and
both the trivial nature of the beefs, along with a general missing of the
whole changed nature of his political organization jump out at me. In fact,
I start hearing Bob Dylan in the background singing, "There's something
going on here, but you don't know what it is...."
Tom