Are you qualified to hold a political opinion?

Republicans.

the question is is McGentrix or anyone else qualified or capable of stopping me? :wink:

Couldn't tell ya, but if McWhitey is to be the judge, the standards have to be pretty damned low . . .

this post, not by McGentrix, implied that knowledge of the NDP is a prerequsite.

Naw, i think i was just jerkin' someone's chain when i wrote that . . .

too true... the other 50% of the country is out of the mainstream.

thank god.

Let us not have this thread be a bash-fest of the egregious McGentrix.

Although I would be delighted to post in such a thread, were someone to start it.


Personally, I think one should be able to solve a quadratic equation before one is allowed to vote.

Heinlein, in Starship Troopers, inferentially claims that only combat veterans ought to be allowed to vote. Heinlein was a putz . . .

I believe we are all entitled to our political opinions. But we should use peer pressue and humiliation to correct those who get them, unthinking and in whole, from other people.

Heinlein had some good ideas; he wanted State Service to be a prereq for voting, not neccessarily combat experience.

Which isn't a terrible idea at all.

Cycloptichorn

I truely think, noone, who hasn't been a president, should be allowed to judge a president.

I was a king - within the three king at Ephimamy a couple of times when I was a altar boy.

President of the pupil's council at school, later vice-president of the local rallye club.

And (re Heinlein), elected spokeman for the conscripts in a minesweeper squadron.

I am clearly qualified.

He does get a bit preachy. And don't get me started on how he treats women.

So, should non-voters be allowed to voice opinions?

In Starship Trooper, Heinlein specified veterans . . . if one wishes to get truly disgusted with the old bigot, they can do no better than to read Farnham's Freehold, just chock full or sexism, elitism and racism . . .

Seriously though, I'm not against having to take a civics lesson in order to vote. I learned a heck of a lot in a 10th grade government course. That's where I learned about separation of powers, the bill of rights, certain supreme court decisions (Miranda) and many other really useful things. That class was required for graduation (as was community service) in the state of Maryland at that time. My political opinions have fluctuated a bit since that time, but I know for a fact that what I learned in that class has helped me to sort out the solid ones from the indoctrinated ones.

Oh, and i don't think Germans should be allowed to hold political opinions, until the entire nation has had a time out in the corner for, oh, i don't know . . . a millenium?

Darn tootin'. How the heck else are they supposed to influence the outcome?!

Er... voting?

People have their reasons.

Felons can't vote, should they still voice their opinions?