Micah, So Europe isn't a democracy? And I guess it's great because nobody votes. culture is maybe a factor. if your not happy in the U.S, then move out. seriously. If a debate erupted over Huckleberry Finn, it is not the library system that is raising it, but some dimwit. It happens all the time. How many decades has that book been in the system?
I get the feeling that you think I live there as well. Canada is not that different, but I feel good about the system here, when I can go out for a drink with the leader of the opposing party (Jack Layton of NDP) , and he answers questions that I give him point blank. I dont even vote for him, but I respect that. If you have got some idiot in office, than he is there because people voted him in. yes, the system works both ways. Perhaps I could provide you with some stats to demonstrate that a higher voter turnout, doesn't equal a blind and dumb population, and is present in the beautiful and cultured Europe. Figure 11: League table by country vote to registration ratio, parliamentary elections, 1945-2001 Country (no. of elections) vote/reg % 1 Australia(22) 94.5 2 Singapore(8) 93.5 3 Uzbekistan(3) 93.5 4 Liechtenstein(17) 92.8 5 Belgium(18) 92.5 6 Nauru(5) 92.4 7 Bahamas(6) 91.9 8 Indonesia(7) 91.5 9 Burundi(1) 91.4 10 Austria(17) 91.3 11 Angola(1) 91.2 12 Mongolia(4) 91.1 13 New Zealand(19) 90.8 14 Cambodia(2) 90.3 15 Italy(15) 89.8 16 Luxembourg(12) 89.7 17 Cyprus(7) 89.7 18 Iceland(17) 89.5 19 South Africa(1) 89.3 20 Cook Islands(1) 89.0 21 Tajikistan(2) 88.7 22 Guyana(7) 88.5 23 Thailand(15) 88.3 24 Malta(14) 88.2 25 Albania(4) 88.0 26 Netherlands(16) 87.5 27 Sweden(17) 87.1 28 Seychelles(2) 86.6 39 Tunisia(5) 86.2 30 Malawi(2) 86.2 31 East Timor(1) 86.0 32 Denmark(22) 85.9 33 Germany(14) 85.4 34 Slovakia(4) 85.2 35 Mauritius(6) 84.4 36 Argentina(18) 84.2 37 Czech Republic(4) 82.8 38 Western Samoa(3) 82.3 39 Bolivia(11) 82.2 40 Tuvalu(2) 81.9 41 Palau(6) 81.7 42 Bulgaria(4) 81.4 43 Andorra(3) 81.4 44 Turkey(10) 81.3 45 Fiji(3) 81.0 46 Philippines(7) 80.9 47 Belize(5) 80.4 48 Norway(15) 80.4 49 Peru(9) 80.3 50 Israel(15) 80.3 51 Venezuela(10) 80.0 52 Uruguay(11) 80.0 53 Greece(16) 79.9 54 Kuwait(5) 79.6 55 Chile(11) 78.9 56 Latvia(4) 78.7 57 Namibia(3) 78.6 58 Aruba(3) 78.5 59 Bahrain(1) 78.4 60 San Marino(7) 78.4 61 Paraguay(9) 78.3 62 Mozambique(2) 78.0 63 Kiribati(4) 77.9 64 Brazil(14) 77.8 65 Costa Rica(12) 77.7 66 Iran(1) 77.3 67 Azerbaijan(2) 77.0 68 Portugal(10) 77.0 69 Slovenia(3) 76.6 70 Kazakhstan(1) 76.2 71 Finland(16) 76.0 72 Nicaragua(6) 75.9 73 Panama(4) 75.5 74 Armenia(2) 75.4 75 Palestinian Authority(1) 75.4 76 United Kingdom(16) 75.2 77 Tanzania(2) 74.6 78 Dominica(12) 74.4 79 Sri Lanka(11) 74.3 80 St. Kitts & Nevis(11) 74.2 81 Suriname(6) 74.2 82 Cameroon(4) 74.0 83 Canada(18) 73.9 84 France(15) 73.8 85 Spain(8) 73.6 86 Gambia(5) 73.4 87 Ireland(16) 73.3 88 Ukraine(2) 73.2 89 Republic of Korea(10) 72.9 90 Honduras(11) 72.8 91 Moldova(3) 72.8 92 Romania(3) 72.5 93 Madagascar(5) 72.5 94 St. Vincent & the Grenadines(14) 72.2 95 Lesotho(4) 72.1 96 Maldives(2) 72.0 97 Togo(2) 71.9 98 Malaysia(6) 71.5 99 Morocco(5) 71.2 100 Croatia(3) 71.2 101 Democratic Rep. of Congo(1) 70.9 102 Monaco(7) 70.9 103 Uganda(3) 70.8 104 Yemen(2) 70.7 105 Taiwan (Republic of China)(5) 70.5 106 Comoros Islands(2) 70.3 107 Grenada(6) 70.3 108 Anguilla(8) 69.5 109 Japan(22) 69.5 110 Nepal(7) 69.1 111 Ecuador(12) 68.9 112 Georgia(3) 68.9 113 Barbados(11) 68.8 114 Cap Verde(3) 68.6 115 Vanuatu(5) 68.3 116 Estonia(4) 68.1 117 Jamaica(12) 68.1 118 Hungary(3) 67.0 119 Dominican Republic(6) 66.6 120 United States of America(17) 66.5 121 Benin(3) 65.9 122 Mexico(19) 65.2 123 Sao Tome e Principe(3) 64.5 124 Papua New Guinea(8) 64.1 125 St. Lucia(12) 64.1 126 Solomon Islands(4) 63.8 127 Trinidad & Tobago(12) 63.3 128 Central African Republic(2) 63.2 129 Burma(2) 62.7 130 Kyrgyzstan(3) 62.5 131 Guinea Bissau(2) 62.5 132 Algeria(2) 62.3 133 Antigua & Barbuda(11) 62.2 134 Kenya(2) 62.1 135 Guinea(1) 61.9 136 Syria(1) 61.2 137 Botswana(6) 60.7 138 Belarus(2) 60.6 139 Sierra Leone(1) 60.3 140 Bosnia & Herzegovina(3) 60.2 141 India(13) 59.4 142 Russia(3) 58.4 143 Bangladesh(6) 58.2 144 Sudan(2) 57.6 145 Switzerland(14) 56.5 146 Tonga(4) 56.3 147 Niger(3) 56.2 148 Macedonia(2) 54.1 149 Senegal(6) 53.8 150 Lithuania(3) 52.7 151 Djibouti(2) 52.6 152 Jordan(3) 51.8 153 Zambia(3) 51.7 154 Guatemala(16) 51.6 155 Ghana(6) 50.5 156 Poland(5) 50.3 157 Nigeria(3) 50.3 158 Chad(1) 50.1 159 El Salvador(11) 49.6 160 Zimbabwe(3) 48.7 161 Colombia(18) 47.6 162 Haiti(3) 47.1 163 Mauritania(2) 45.5 164 Pakistan(6) 45.3 165 Egypt(5) 45.1 166 Burkina Faso(4) 41.7 167 Lebanon(3) 39.5 168 Ivory Coast(2) 37.0 169 Mali(2) 21.3 Key: no.=number of elections. You can take what you want from it, but the number of European countries with high turnout is right there. gotta run. poot _________________________________________________________________ Win a trip for four to a concert anywhere in the world! http://www.mobilelivetour.ca/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
