I saw the report on telly, and am with the lady in principle. However, there
is little else to be achieved that way but the publicity she managed so well.
Personally, when faced with an enforced choice between two minutes in a
polling booth and a day in chokey (with strip search, etc, etc), I'd
Australia is a democracy but unfortunately the majority of people in this democracy do
not have the courage of their convictions to stand up to the bully boys of Australian
politics and tell them where to stick their compulsory ballots. They are such cowards
that they will not even dare to take
At 17:07 21/05/99 +1000, Mark Holsworth wrote:
If you don't support the AEC turn up to the next
election
wearing a t-shirt reading "AEC = NAZI" and hang around the electoral station
tearing up
ballot papers because "you made a mistake in expressing your preferences"
and you would
like another
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Date: Friday, 21 May 1999 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: Woman jailed for refusing to vote
I saw the report on telly, and am with the lady in principle. However,
there
is little else to be achieved that way but the publicity she managed so
well.
Personally, when faced with an enforced choice between t
