By: robbie swan

robbie swan — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:24:26 +0000

I’m the publisher at Eros but thought I’d offer a reason to the two writers for the name of the party. The late, great Don Chipp once told me that the worst thing that could happen for a new political party was to be ignored and not be recognised. In the current political environment there are half a dozen new parties out there, some who even ran in the last federal election, who most people have never heard of. Even though some people may dismiss the Sex Party when they hear the name they wont forget it. And then they just have to go to our policies page and check out if their initial feelings were backed up by the substance of the party. Our new credo that will go under the party name is “….now that we have your attention” which is a reference to that old anecdote of shouting out ‘Sex’! in a crowded room and then when everyone shuts up and looks at who said it, they say…..”..now that I have your attention”…and go on to talk about what you really want to talk about. A good example of this is the Liberal Democratic Party. They have great policies and a very clever group of people are behind. But who has heard of them and if you have, what do they stand for? Anyone heard of the Secular Party? and on it goes….

By: skribe

skribe — Fri, 22 May 2009 08:18:54 +0000

I agree that the name is a major deterrent to mainstream acceptability.

By: The Worst of Perth

The Worst of Perth — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:33:38 +0000

What do you think of the name though? Sounds a bit frivolous or possibly off putting. Maybe something that implied freedom of expression or something.
Hope you’ve seen poster boy Cookster
http://theworstofperth.com/2009/05/21/en-pole-en-route/

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