That's the problem
lots of people want "rights" and "entitlements" but aren't prepared to have any "responsibilities" towards their fellow men and women.
This applies across all the social spectrum.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:46, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

well "said" you "nob".

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:49, Reply)

Voting is both a right and a responsibility, so that argument doesn't make much sense to me.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:51, Reply)

voting isn't a right and not one extended to all of society.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:53, Reply)

And it's not compulsory
but that's another argument
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:56, Reply)

I think it is in Australia.
And I like the concept. Everyone can moan then because they voted.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:58, Reply)

I like the idea
but you'd need a "none of the above" option, and the way things are at the moment it'd probably win.
If you were imprisoned for not voting, would that make you a political prisoner?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 14:03, Reply)

I think the non of the above catergory and the polling stations opened over two days could make it work.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 14:05, Reply)

I GET THIS JOKE!!!!!

(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 14:11, Reply)