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Sen. Santiago MARIITA research filed a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Social Welfare research on the colors of the logo of the Department of the Family. (Click here for the news of the New Day)
Certainly the messages, symbols, communication is achieved through the images, are serious issues ... But ... The senator argues that advertising agencies have experts who manage to "hide messages" replacing "the crude and practice repudiated vote buying with the refined formula to penetrate the unconscious of the voter ". One would think that such an allegation is preamble to, I know I ... electoral reform? To control the use of corporate donations to campaigns using partisan? No. The senator argues that at a minimum, include a boy blue in the emblem, and that ideally redesign the logo - because the puzzles are broken, and broken families do not want, right?
After a moment of Shocked and flicker, some simple questions minced eyes this suggests:
- What legislator census refers when he speaks of that 50% of children in Puerto Rico blues? I imagine that children whose parents profess a political ideology statesman. Children do not vote. They should not have free will to vote (or not vote) for whom they please when .. vote to?
- What happened to that brilliant subliminal manipulation strategy that Senator complaint in the last election? As far as I know, the red faded, green became almost invisible, and orange ... well, not irrelevant orange, and does not appear in the drawing. Maybe that's why he did not win.
- The controversial colors are unfortunately primary colors. How to solve the problem this poses for the graphic art in transition years Rican government and legislative creativity? Logos? Grays, perhaps? (Thought to suggest "violet" but I dare - free god that blue and red are mixed, or more reddish violet or bluish leaves of the bill!)
- If the percentage of "blue babies" is the criterion for inclusion of that color, should not be so for the size of children's logo? Maybe the figures occupy space that should be proportional to the outcome of the election? A thicker blue child (or higher) than the other two? But then, what do we do with the greens?
- If the emblem is, according to the senator, "a clear and strong political message ..." then someone explain to me, what the child sector accounts yellow?
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If we assume that ASSUME is part of that logo, the honorable - as a favor to his party - should demand that all children were red. So I think it would be a little more representative of the majority, not children, but of the fathers of the country.
Hmmm ... I suddenly feel an inexplicable compulsion to go register and vote PDP or PIP ... I know there are absentee ballots and early voting, can anyone tell me if there is a retroactive vote too?
As some cynic once said: "Some people try To Have brainstorms but can only manage to drizzle". ! Now I understand how it is that there are more than 600 projects submitted to the legislature!
In any case, the analysis is even more complex than you think Senator Santiago Hon. Even using the result of the election can not assume that 50% of children are blue because that color party won 50% of the vote. Namely, you forget to Hon you need to consider the following factors:
1. The gender distribution of the vote. We know that women tend to be more successful transmitting their party preference than men, particularly when both parents do not profess the same party preference.
Two. The abstention rate by gender. If more women abstain from voting red to blue men, it could affect the estimate of the Honourable Senator.
Three. The proportions of red and blue among single parents.
April. Fertility rates, is the same for blue and red? If blue fertility among women is lower than among the red, also could be affected the estimated 50% of the Senator.
However, I presume that the research proposed by the Hon Senator includes all these angles because she is senator.
Good. What to say, more of the same or worse! It never ceases to amaze me (well, maybe you should already) the dangerous combination of lack of intelligence (and worse, decency) mixed with the monstrous vanity that characterizes many of "our" representatives.
The dangers of this combination are increased by the interaction between them and them in which ALL (well, at least the same party) described each other as "smart" and "workers." We add to this explosive situation that these public servants spend their lives surrounded by a bunch of sycophants (I think they say "helpers", "wizards" and "consultants") who constantly remind them how great they are.
I wanted to say something serious about this issue, but I could not, I think.
Walter
It shows the great effort of the Senator in implementing normative theory of representation. Hanna said Pitkin (1967) that one of the dimensions is the descriptive representation. According to this point could be obtained representatives making a random sample of society.
Anyway, she picked the logo of the Department of the Family as a representative body of our society. John Adams said it best, the logos: "should be an exact portrait, in miniature, of the people at large".
This wise strategy to bring the representation of objects and symbols of our country can reach us in ways unimaginable representative. We have experienced in the past with graffiti bridges, utility poles, public buildings [...]. Soon we meet neighborhood assemblies that decide to paint the houses according to the proportion of votes. Maybe see the stripes on the flag adopted new colors or the lamb bible lying on RED, suddenly give rise to a new binding to the holy book. Have good expectations.
This is a demonstration of what a great sage called "charro culture". For a practical example of what the concept is, I invite you to watch a video. Here is the link: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=IGGnLzLFIMM&feature=channel_page
PS: Walter, Morris Fiorina has a book called Restrospective Voting in American National Elections. I assure you that if you give it to the Senator, maybe legislate to solve your "inexplicable compulsion".
I liked the video, Joseph William - thanks for sharing!