[Rhodes22-list] Politics: the need to vote

Joseph Hadzima josef508 at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 10 07:50:19 EST 2006


I'm more in favor of making it part of the "madatory service" I wrote about earlier.
 
HADZ (a.k.a. joe)
 
"That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and hull and a deck and sails. That's what a ship needs. But what a ship is... is freedom." 
-- Captain Jack Sparrow


----- Original Message ----
From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:44:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics: the need to vote


I'd hate to have something similar.

As much as I dislike 35%-40% voting participation, I'd HATE the notion of forcing people, who have no real desire to participate, close their eyes and pick a candidate, or pick one based solely on the opinion of someone else they read/heard a couple of days before.

Herb Parsons

S/V O'Jure
1976 O'Day 25
Lake Grapevine, N TX

S/V Reve de Papa
1971 Coronado 35
Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast 

>>> josef508 at yahoo.com 11/10/2006 9:31:57 am >>>
I work with a few guys from OZ, and they infromed me of an interesting law down-under.  I wish we had something like this :-)

In Australia, all citizens over the age of 18 must enrol to vote. It is compulsory by law to enrol and compulsory by law to attend a polling place at ...
www.australianpolitics.com/voting/systems/compulsory.shtml 


HADZ (a.k.a. joe)


----- Original Message ----
From: TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org 
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 7:11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics, Replies and GB


Robert, Your right...I should  have said we are under no legal 
obligation.......Don't get me wrong I thing people should get informed and 
vote.

Wally


>From: Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
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>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics, Replies and GB
>Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:08:09 -0500
>
>TN Rhodey wrote:
> > ... One is not even obligated to vote!
> > Wally
>
>Gotta disagree with you on that one, Wally.
>/Robert Skinner
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