RE: Mandatory voting
March 26, 2015 at 6:45 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2015 at 6:48 pm by Aractus.)
(March 26, 2015 at 11:02 am)AFTT47 Wrote: You are ignoring the practical aspect.Incorrect, all you're compelling them to do is show up to the ballot place and place a ballot in the ballot box. Jurors are required to cast their vote in the jury room, they can't make a blank vote. All you're asking of citizens is that they attend a polling booth and place a ballot paper in the box.
You CANNOT compel a person to make anything but a totally uninformed, random or deliberately stupid vote. How is it helping democracy to drag someone kicking and screaming into a voting booth only to have him/her randomly pull a lever and counter the vote of someone who actually does give a shit and just spent the last six months following the issues and the candidates and make an informed decision?
(March 26, 2015 at 1:35 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: (emphasis is mine)Because it's not an equal voice to that of someone who cast a vote.
Why is silence not an acceptable way of using my equal voice?!?
(March 26, 2015 at 5:39 pm)Cato Wrote: After what I have already shared, do you honestly think I would find this argument compelling? Seat belt laws for adults should be repealed; the same for states with motorcycle helmet laws. You aren't advocating for a free society, you are pushing a form of paternalism.(emphasis added).
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
