by AJRC_CS » Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:01 am
I just missed out on the 87 election as i was only 17, but have voted in every general election from 1992 to 2005.
I honestly don't think people should be forced to vote, if you vote it should be because you want to not because you have to. If politics just doesn't bother you then don't vote, if you strongly agree/disagree with a political party, then vote to get them in/out. But forcing people to vote is bordering on the tyrannical.
I remember a online game where you could create your own nation with it's own politics, forgotten the name of it now. One of the choices was to have a 'None of the Above' choice on the ballot paper.
"It's a simple matter really," says left-wing activist and former rock star George W. Jones. "Sometimes when you're voting, all the options suck. Why then should people be forced to hold their nose and vote for the lesser of two, or even three or four evils? Adding 'None of the Above' to the ballot would ensure that the people have a choice at all times, even if that choice is to reject the choices they have been given!"
The ignorant close their mind and convince themselves that there's only one truth. The wise keep an open mind to the different possibilities leading to and stemming from the present. Look not with your eyes but with your mind.