On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 23:00:37 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 09:54:29 +1000, Ron Clarke wrote:
>> Hi Folks, >> On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:31:41 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote: >>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 20:29:38 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote: >>>> Most likely... >>>> The world-as-we-know-it would come to a screaching halt. ;-) >>> I doubt it. Voting in Fed and State elections is compulsory in >>> Australia, and I suspect we are the better for it <G> >> Well, we would be if we had worthwhile people to vote for. >> Unfortunately, the only folks who turn up as candidates .... are >> politicians ! Our (compulsory) choice is between different flavours >> of dishonesty. :( >> And dishonesty has been elevated to an elite artform in Australian >> politics over the last few years. I think we must be nearly caught up, >> in that regard, to some other countries represented on this list. >> Or am I just an old cynic ? >> Regards, >> Ron > Voting should not be compulsory in any country. In some of the > elections here I don't vote because all of the candidates are > equally bad and it doesn't make any difference to me as to who > wins or loses. Why should I vote in an election like that? I > never vote unless in my opinion there are some candidates on the > ballot who aren't quite so bad as the rest of the scoundrels. > Around here there are many voters who say they always vote against > the incumbents by voting for the candidates who seem to have the > best chance of defeating them. Those kinds of voters don't even > care whatever are the party affiliations of the incumbents, nor do > they care about the party affiliations of their opponents. Their > political philosophy is very simple. They just think that the > incumbents should always be voted out and their strongest opponents > voted in. A very significant number of all the votes cast in any > democratic election are the votes of the anti-incumbents. > Sam Heywood > -- > This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser: > http://browser.arachne.cz/ The older I grow, the better i understand that democracy is not like I learned at school... far from it, the less I am voting. Voting makes you an accomplice in helping a good system (democracy) going to the drain. CU, Bastiaan ************************* Technische Redactie CQ-PA Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ ************************* Attentie: e-mail adres bij Wanadoo niet meer gebruiken! [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.hetnet.nl/~ba8tian/index.html -- Virusvrij e-mailen? => Arachne browser/mailer -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
