tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post3058419812572451592..comments2024-03-04T12:44:00.261+00:00Comments on Debi Alper: Don't veto the voteDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-83677920828399256842009-12-06T00:28:25.513+00:002009-12-06T00:28:25.513+00:00Re "Rape is simply sex" etc. etc. I'...Re "Rape is simply sex" etc. etc. I'd like to see him explain this to his daughter if she's raped. Or his mother or grandmother. Maybe lizards don't have those.<br /><br />If voting stops people like that in their tracks I'm all for democracy.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-46292469391411156692008-04-24T08:24:00.000+00:002008-04-24T08:24:00.000+00:00Joan - I could devote an entire blog to the other ...Joan - I could devote an entire blog to the other options. We'll put it on the agenda ...Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-48577612421623499882008-04-23T20:38:00.000+00:002008-04-23T20:38:00.000+00:00Debi, I love being pulled in too. But, the other ...Debi, I love being pulled in too. But, the other options are...? "True democracy" would be...? I can't picture it. Not in any form that would work. But you know.. er.. duh.. <BR/>JoanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-85601238937119171262008-04-23T08:51:00.000+00:002008-04-23T08:51:00.000+00:00Welcome, Steve. I'm still reeling from you having...Welcome, Steve. I'm still reeling from you having typed out that long extract. 'S a good 'un though.<BR/><BR/>Rivergirlie - sick indeed. <BR/><BR/>Joan - I love it when I draw you out and get you to comment! I agree that what we have here is far better than a dictatorship but don't think those are the only 2 options. Yes, we have to use our votes, given that this is the system we have. But I still believe it's a very far cry from true democracy.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-87587190266548658682008-04-23T00:47:00.000+00:002008-04-23T00:47:00.000+00:00Yes,I agree Debi, anything to keep them madmen out...Yes,I agree Debi, anything to keep them madmen out. I'd vote thirteen times if I could get away with it. The BNP are vile and horrible. But... isn't it wonderful that I can say that without fear? That I can slag the government off, call them insects, lizards, pigs, and on and on, and then go to bed and sleep soundly without a flicker of terror? That's why people chained themselves to railings, went to prison, suffered to get the vote. Because democracy may be imperfect, may be open to abuse, corruption and all the rest of it but.. the alternative is dictatorship. I've never lived under a dictatorship myself but I know a man who has and I've seen the scars. My own long held opinion is that voting changes everything. Everything. Voting is wonderful. Lets all do it. <BR/>All the best<BR/>JoanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-47729378013051844122008-04-21T23:04:00.000+00:002008-04-21T23:04:00.000+00:00oh those people make me so very very sick!oh those people make me so very very sick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-73228633074236133172008-04-21T22:35:00.000+00:002008-04-21T22:35:00.000+00:00Cheers debi. The prospect of a BNP seat is infini...Cheers debi. The prospect of a BNP seat is infinitely more scary than mad Boris, and will be making me vote this time.<BR/><BR/>On democracy, my favourite quote yet is Douglas Adams':<BR/>On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards<BR/>and the lizards rule the people."<BR/><BR/>"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."<BR/><BR/>"I did," said ford. "It is."<BR/><BR/>"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"<BR/><BR/>"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."<BR/><BR/>"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"<BR/><BR/>"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."Steve Harmisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882340838486779861noreply@blogger.com