On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This is a bad thing? You can damn well bet that I badger friends, > family and neighbors about voting. It's not only your right, it's your > civic duty. > > Antonin Scalia has come out and said that not only is there no right > to a secret ballot, he opposes the idea. I often don't agree with him > but this one gives me pause and makes me wonder. He says that > democracy shouldn't necessarily be easy and comfortable, that people > should be willing to defend their choices. There's a lot to agree with > there, for me. On the other hand, a hyper-politicized environment > makes it all the more likely to have situations where you would get > fired for voting for the "wrong" candidate or voting a certain way > that a company thinks is against it's interests. > > But making people feel shame for not voting? Trying to pressure people > to go out and vote? Yeah, I really don't have a problem with that so > much. If your righteous anger is all about defending your civic > apathy...well, I have a starkly different set of values. > Everyone who does not vote, should be shamed. Everyone who does vote, should be allowed to do so in private and never forced to tell who they voted for. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
