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spy-there
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Member # 1993
 written Sunday, September 26 2004 15:31 Profile #50
FBM, how can it be unworkable when it works in my country since 156 years?
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by Toaster: Direct Democracy is only one vision of effective democracy. Elections don't work unless the voters are forced in a rather undemocratic manner to vote. ... In a similar manner there should be a serious punishment for failure to vote. ....
This is rubbish. The voter is forced by his interest to change or preserve things. Non voting is self-punishment by excluding yourself of democracy and becoming a lemming.

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Member # 2210
 written Sunday, September 26 2004 15:35 Profile #51
If you have too many lemmings in the place where you live, they take you with them dragging you along.

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Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, September 26 2004 19:44 Profile Homepage #52
Australia has mandatory voting; the fine for failing to vote is only $20, but it's still enough to make 98% of the population vote. It doesn't seem to make politics in general much better, though.

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Rupert
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 written Monday, September 27 2004 07:35 Profile Homepage #53
S.T, I was specifically saying that in nearly every country (with in this case, the exception of Switzerland) on the face of the planet, it is next to impossible to use direct democracy at this time.

This is mainly due to current practices on how voting is conducted and organised.

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