On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "This is an effort to shame and pressure people about voting, and it is > truly despicable," Althouse added.
This is a bad thing? You can damn well bet that I badger friends, family and neighbors about voting. It's not only your right, it's your civic duty. Antonin Scalia has come out and said that not only is there no right to a secret ballot, he opposes the idea. I often don't agree with him but this one gives me pause and makes me wonder. He says that democracy shouldn't necessarily be easy and comfortable, that people should be willing to defend their choices. There's a lot to agree with there, for me. On the other hand, a hyper-politicized environment makes it all the more likely to have situations where you would get fired for voting for the "wrong" candidate or voting a certain way that a company thinks is against it's interests. But making people feel shame for not voting? Trying to pressure people to go out and vote? Yeah, I really don't have a problem with that so much. If your righteous anger is all about defending your civic apathy...well, I have a starkly different set of values. Cheers, Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:351733 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
