tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post116303603856004707..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: compulsory voting argumentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1163160208049205642006-11-10T23:03:00.000+11:002006-11-10T23:03:00.000+11:00hmmm - seems most of you dont agree with me on thi...hmmm - seems most of you dont agree with me on this - you want me to justify it again?lukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1163094159010025012006-11-10T04:42:00.000+11:002006-11-10T04:42:00.000+11:00I'll bet those purple fingers were the way to stay...I'll bet those purple fingers were the way to stay alive in Iraq too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1163079715361136672006-11-10T00:41:00.000+11:002006-11-10T00:41:00.000+11:00Then we can laugh at those people who don't vote a...Then we can laugh at those people who don't vote and lose money, etc. in fines, instead of them laughing at us for voting and "wasting our time"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1163074024473154482006-11-09T23:07:00.000+11:002006-11-09T23:07:00.000+11:00Wouldn't that just kick the shit out of the tricky...Wouldn't that just kick the shit out of the tricky bit of threatening people with arrest if they show up to vote! Ha!<BR/><BR/>Glad to see yer still breathing -- my ISP is doing maintenance on the servers so I'm cut off from email for several more hours. bummer. <BR/><BR/>Oh, well . . . might as well go sleep! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1163063547043032822006-11-09T20:12:00.000+11:002006-11-09T20:12:00.000+11:00luke: I've made the pro-compulsory voting argument...luke: <I>I've made the pro-compulsory voting argument before.</I><BR/><BR/>yup and i totally agree w/you, now more than ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1163052366984529182006-11-09T17:06:00.000+11:002006-11-09T17:06:00.000+11:00The US has sponsored mandatory voting before. In E...The US has sponsored mandatory voting before. In El Salvador in 1982 and 1984.<BR/><BR/>When you voted, they stamped your ID card to prove that you'd done your "patriotic duty." Failure to vote (i.e. get your ID card stamped) was an act of treason. Given that thousands of people had been slaughtered by the US-backed Salvadoran government, you can imagine what would be the scenario if you were stopped by authorities--the military--and you didn't have the stamp.<BR/><BR/>Same thing in Guatemala.<BR/><BR/>Nicaragua did not have a US-backed voting system.Mizgînhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850990661771197094noreply@blogger.com