Democracy/dictatorship

[aml]

I would say go at least one further to 16, though this would be a step in the right direction.

I guess your right...it would encourage more ppl to go out and vote.....the youth are our future they should have their say who runs the country....

[Rayden]

You start out in life non-coherent, dribbling, drooling and someone has to wipe your arse for you. When you start getting older, you begin to become non-coherent....

Ah... there's a point here I've inadvertantly stumbled upon methinks...?

Politics seems to be for the middlemen/women

My point was that a lot of adults by the time they have reached a certain age lets say mid 20s, give up thinking for themselves and are happy to just go with the flow and not question anything. As was pointed out in earlier posts, there is a whole heap of things wrong with the current system that cannot be fixed by the chumps running it.

[samlad]

My point was that a lot of adults by the time they have reached a certain age lets say mid 20s, give up thinking for themselves and are happy to just go with the flow and not question anything. As was pointed out in earlier posts, there is a whole heap of things wrong with the current system that cannot be fixed by the chumps running it.

I agree with you totally- it seems nobody cares anymore.

[ber]

I agree with you totally- it seems nobody cares anymore.

Well u cant have ure cake and eat it if u dont participate in something u cant complain about it

[texas]

why stop there 14 13 .... 8 3months

16 year old do not have the first idea about the planet.
When I was 16 I just wanted to dance and sing.
I didnt need to worry about political issues because my old uns did it.
If anything we should make voting compulsoary and raise the age limit to 23.
How can we ask kids that cant legally drink, own guns or pay little or no tax to vote on issues of state?

[samlad]

Well u cant have ure cake and eat it if u dont participate in something u cant complain about it

Who says I don't? And I don't see where I've complained... just an observation.

[Rayden]

Well u cant have ure cake and eat it if u dont participate in something u cant complain about it

Yes you can. I don't vote because I KNOW it wont make a difference. Regardless of who is in power it is the same ol' shit over and over and over and over.......... But I'm not certain of what will fix it. I just know that if the system remains the same nothing will change. Getting younger ppl to vote is a good start though.

[ber]

why stop there 14 13 .... 8 3months

16 year old do not have the first idea about the planet.
When I was 16 I just wanted to dance and sing.
I didnt need to worry about political issues because my old uns did it.
If anything we should make voting compulsoary and raise the age limit to 23.
How can we ask kids that cant legally drink, own guns or pay little or no tax to vote on issues of state?

Well the truth be told roughly half the population never pay direct taxes unfortunately im in the half that prop them up

[texas]

Well the truth be told roughly half the population never pay direct taxes unfortunately im in the half that prop them up

I hear ya brother i hear ya old and clear. join the pokemon group if you want to do something about it!!!!

[GordonGayBennett]

go live in Zimbabwe and then talk about dictatorships vs democracies.

You are spoiled. This country is war free, famine free and relatively liberal.

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Someone recently told me a Banned user on here called the Whiteknight used to
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