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11-30-2011, 12:30 PM
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Vote Selling
Should it be legal to sell your vote to other people? If so, why? If not, why not?
Discuss. "When science was in its infancy, religion tried to strangle it in its cradle." - Robert G. Ingersoll |
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11-30-2011, 12:37 PM
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I'd prefer to see how that would work out in Canada first.
"So many gods, so many creeds! So many paths that wind and wind, when just the art of being kind is all this sad world needs." --Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
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11-30-2011, 12:43 PM
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 “'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what." Fry |
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11-30-2011, 01:07 PM
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Always question all authorities because the authority you don't question is the most dangerous... except me, never question me. |
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11-30-2011, 02:16 PM
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i would. does caveat emptor still apply?
One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected....That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly. H. L. Mencken |
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11-30-2011, 02:18 PM
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Always.
"So many gods, so many creeds! So many paths that wind and wind, when just the art of being kind is all this sad world needs." --Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
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11-30-2011, 02:25 PM
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I am confused, who is selling votes, and where can I get some?
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11-30-2011, 02:29 PM
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i'm selling mine. i'll vote for whomeeeeeeever you want me to....
One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected....That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly. H. L. Mencken |
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11-30-2011, 02:33 PM
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Snot fare - don't have a vote to sell
 thank goodness he's on our side |
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11-30-2011, 05:12 PM
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Suppose there were an election where you are (I'll assume the UK). Imagine any of the political parties running for office, or other private citizens (or even teh evil corporations!!!) could contact you to buy your vote, for whatever price you (and they) were happy with, or you could turn them down and vote however you want, or not vote at all. After the sale, you lose your vote and the buyer gains a vote (i.e., has two votes, or however many votes they have purchased). They can use it however they want; by voting for their preferred candidate, not-voting, or re-selling the vote to a third party). "When science was in its infancy, religion tried to strangle it in its cradle." - Robert G. Ingersoll |
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11-30-2011, 06:17 PM
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I prefer the method were you stand outside the booth with a bunch of thugs and threaten people in the queue or their family members with extreme violence. Its a lot cheaper in the long run.
 Once you are dead, you are nothing. Graffito, Pompeii |
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11-30-2011, 07:51 PM
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I don't think there would ever be any overlap between what I would be willing to accept and what they would be willing to pay. Right now they spend $18/eligible voter.
Never give a zombie girl a piggy back ride. |
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11-30-2011, 07:52 PM
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Never give a zombie girl a piggy back ride. |
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12-01-2011, 02:46 AM
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Of course I would sell mine, all the oarties are the same in the end so short termism regarding my own profit probably isn't that bad an idea. |
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12-01-2011, 03:54 AM
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"When science was in its infancy, religion tried to strangle it in its cradle." - Robert G. Ingersoll |
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