Democracy, The Elections and Voter Apathy

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Everyone has the right to vote. Middle classes tend to have a small number of kids. Working classes tend to have more. "Not-working classes", more still. So now these kids are old enough to vote, who owns the demographic score board?

starship troopers time
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Originally Posted by davepreston

starship troopers time
service = citizenship

I can see a flaw in that system. You get to vote

[Messie]

Vote, vote, vote. It's so important. In a way I don't care who you vote for (well I do, but that's a different issue) but I so strongly believe that it's not just everyone's right to vote, it's everyones DUTY and RESPONSIBILITY to vote.
And I think you should vote whatever you believe in. IMO it really matters. We deserve the best democracy we can achieve (yes I know our system isn't the best. Yes I know what we get will be less than perfect) BUT

We should all vote!!!!

Too many people, in too many countries and places CAN'T vote. They would die for the chance to vote. We can all (over 18, not in jail) vote, so we ust.



Did I say yet? You really MUST use your vote !!!!!

[yorkie_chris]

Or at least show up to wipe your rse on the ballot paper

[Messie]

yeah OK, if you must. It's better than doing nothing IMO


(Stop it YC - I've agreed with you twice now)x

[Bri w]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Or at least show up to wipe your rse on the ballot paper

Do you know, as a political comment, if you could hand it straight to one of the theiving ones I'd go for this - nice shout YC

Originally Posted by Messie

Vote, vote, vote. It's so important. In a way I don't care who you vote for (well I do, but that's a different issue) but I so strongly believe that it's not just everyone's right to vote, it's everyones DUTY and RESPONSIBILITY to vote.
And I think you should vote whatever you believe in. IMO it really matters. We deserve the best democracy we can achieve (yes I know our system isn't the best. Yes I know what we get will be less than perfect) BUT

We should all vote!!!!

Too many people, in too many countries and places CAN'T vote. They would die for the chance to vote. We can all (over 18, not in jail) vote, so we ust.



Did I say yet? You really MUST use your vote !!!!!

i will use my democratic right to sit on my ar5e and do nothing

Originally Posted by Messie

Vote, vote, vote. It's so important. ...

Did I say yet? You really MUST use your vote !!!!!

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It really is so important to use that democratic right. Often I don't like all the candidates and I think that the voing system is flawed anyway - we should have a directly elected PM, I think, like the US system. But Messie is so right, our constitutional right to vote is something we should treasure. It's too easy to whittle it away, like promising and then denying a referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, it's the only way we will ever get a message across.

Originally Posted by Kuze

Its sad i know.

I'd vote for a party that had the balls to say what it wants to do and actually do it. Who arent afriad to **** some people off (for example i'd instantly vote for any party who cut benefits and made career dole dossers/baby machines ****ing work instead of sponging off my taxes. Or who actaully deported illegal immigrants and enforced border rules n regs n got rid of the humans rights PC bull****!).

Anyway i'm with Dave on this one, i vote but like OP stated nothing will change and i regard politicians as the lowest form of pond scum who only line their own pockets. Saying anything and everything to cluctch onto that golden meal ticket that is being a scumbag/MP.

+1 googleplex, politicians are scum, they do nothing, get rid of them.