Comments on: Procreate early, vote often

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:32:29 +0000

We already have this system. On census night, parents write their religion against the names of their children, despite the fact that the kids are not yet old enough to know whether or not to believe in a superman in the sky. or even which one. Then these census figures are taken by religious power brokers to prove they should have more say in determining legislation, and thus we are slithering back into the bad old days of religious interference in politics…
Pell for president anyone?

By: DIS

DIS — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:46:46 +0000

Labor MP Evan Thornley must be an intellectual. No ordinary person would be so stupid.
DIS

By: Andrew Landeryou

Andrew Landeryou — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:05:32 +0000

You have hit the nail on the head with this crazy idea.
Implementing it would cause incredible conflict within families, as two parent families worked out how to cast one vote or more.
And why stop at kids, what about those in comas, those suffering senility, many others whose capacity make it impossible for them to vote.
The collection of proxies in these circumstances would be a disaster for democracy.
Nothing wrong with floating funky ideas, more politicians should do that, but when presenting ideas you’d like to think they’d given them more than a few minutes’ thought.
Incredible that this guy has been promoted by some as whiz-kid. More like a dip-stick.

By: A-nonny-mouse

A-nonny-mouse — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:33:11 +0000

Just a point of observation, but shouldn’t you give the children the vote when they can think independently?
Who can trust parents anyway? I mean they lie to their children constantly…santa, easter bunny, procreation? (but then I suppose the same could be said of politicians.)
Supposing you decided to give parents their child’s vote, at what age would it stop and at what age would it begin? (think of the extremes)
And then what’s the use giving more votes to the people that have lead the world to where it is?
The loss of anonymity in voting perchance?
Apologies to anyone who found certain sections missing endings, but thats what thinking is for….

By: Lyn

Lyn — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:51:13 +0000

Oh great. So now on top of Are we there yet, are we there yet? and Can I have a lolly/ice cream/Happy Meal/X Box/PlayStation/laptop/iPod/plastic surgery/divorce from my parents? we are also set to be given our voting orders.
Can you imagine it?
I’ll have a Liberal in the lower and aaaaah, a Green in the upper. No. Wait. Make that an independent in the upper – the one with the hat. No, wait. I’ll have the Democrat with the drum kit in the upper.
Sorry dear, they’ve run out of Liberals in the lower.
It’s all your fault. If you hadn’t made me clean my room we could have got here in time to get a Liberal. I hate you.

By: al loomis

al loomis — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:06:12 +0000

here’s another screwy idea: let’s vote directly for ministers. i bet we’d get better management of the nation.
and let’s re-write the constitution to make the citizens the masters of the nation. we could have citizen initiative and recall, and a bill of rights.