Well here we go again...

[Feanor]

I'm one of the people who think that coalition is a bad word...not a scary word...but a bad word. IMO a coalition is not democratic. The people vote for who they want to run the country. When there is a minority gov't and a coalition takes over, this is not how the country voted for the gov't to be run (yes, it can be argued that collectively the country voted for the coalition members, but that's not the same thing IMO as a coalition is not a party and not what was voted for). I don't think that a coalition respects the democratic voting system.
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This is illogical. Of course, it's specifically true that neither you nor anybody else would have voted for the coalition. People complain about partisan politics but when a couple of parties decide to put aside there differences and cooperate for the good of the country, then it's "undemocratic"; That's baloney.

If, (hypothetically), the Liberals pulled off a majority, you wouldn't have voted for that either, so where's the issue. The Conservatives (or whoever) could win a majority with less than 40% of the popular vote: how can it be said that this is more democratic than a coalition which, collectively, did represent a majority?

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I agree that Harper should have found an alternative to proroguing Parliament. But I also think that he was backed into a corner and, personally, I would have rather had him do that then let the coalition happen. Not because I voted Conservative, but because I respect the democratic system and I don't believe that coalitions have any place in that system.
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Well, you are simply wrong about that: there are plenty of bona fide democracies where coalitions are routine and quite a few where good governance typically happens.

In the circumstance of a Liberal majority, I likely would have voted for my Liberal candidate, but that doesn't mean what I wanted a Liberal government -- only that I wanted a Conservative government even less.

Personally I would prefer "proportional representation" to the "first past the post system" we have now. Under a p/r system coalitions would be typical, but I would support that system precisely because it is more democratic.

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And, frankly, if the Liberals did win a minority gov't this time around, I wouldn't put it past Harper to do the exact same thing (front a coalition). At this point I don't think that any of the leaders have the country's best interests at heart. They are all posturing for their own agendas.
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At least we agree on this.

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Elizabeth May had a great line in her speech yesterday..."so many elections, so little democracy".

Cute, but then I won't be voting for the Green Party.