to cite an example I have heard of: On reservations a lot of times voting takes place at the chapter house. The DMV can be a very very long way away. Of course, this example assumes that you care about whether Native Americans vote.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I think that's all pretty reasonable. Why do Americans have problems with >> this? >> > > I personally can't get around the arbitrary nature of it. Examples: > > (1.) Your wallet was lost or stolen. Is it better for democracy to > silence your voice when all your family and friends know you're a > citizen? > > (2.) You forgot your wallet. Same as above. > > (3.) For whatever reason you decided you don't want to be forced to > have a government ID. You don't like having "papers", you don't like > the government tracking you, etc etc. Same question as above. > > While I get the "it's simple", "we need it for other stuff", "there > are other barriers" arguments, I can't make the leap to this: > > "Vivec had his wallet stolen yesterday so he can't take part in > democracy even if the Secretary of Homeland Security claims he's a > citizen." > > That seems stupid and arbitrary so I'm agin it. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339253 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
