Comments on: Release from Dalai Lama Visit Trust

By: frog

frog — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:13:02 +0000

Sorry, ZenTiger - had I seen your helpful suggestion I would have posted earlier on the Vote 16 Bill - you’ll see there is now a thread for your guys to vent on.
P.S. I think you’re confusing the Sue’s vis a vis their lexicon
P.P.S. I think you’re confusing FrogBlog with Kiwi Blog or Whale Oil…

By: jh

jh — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:40:02 +0000

I wonder what age Sue was when she was in the Progressive Youth Movement. They had a march to the police station and where they were chanting “take a walk, come on down, and see the pigs that run our town.
jh

By: ZenTiger

ZenTiger — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:10:03 +0000

Toad, how about make a post of this mad idea of Sue Bradford to lower the voting age to play to your demographic. She’s also suggesting compulsory (her other main word is “ban”) civic education and of course, making “Inconvenient Truth” a compulsory video to watch (and banning all dissenting information no doubt).

And the logic that 16 year olds can get married - I’m pretty sure that requires parental consent. So do parents check over who the kid can vote for too?

And the logic that they pay taxes to be eligible to vote? I think a few greens have argued eloquently why that cannot be a basis or justification for granting the vote, particularly when the Labour Government specializes in recruiting non-tax paying voters to ensure they stay in power.

Anyway, so to take this off thread, but JH did raise an issue of Green policy…

By: James L

James L — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:58:21 +0000

So, like, is it true that prior to the DL’s exile, that he was a theocratic dictator with a human rights record more-or-less on a par with Mao’s? (who I note he claims as a friend).

By: jh

jh — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:27:07 +0000

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200706211032/green_mp_proposes_la w_to_lower_voting_age_to_16

Austria has done it (therefore we should)> (Zimbabwe hasn’t therefore we shouldn’t)

16 year olds can get married, pay taxes……. therefore they should be able to vote. And they drink rum with coke and raspberry thru a straw..

Must be fun being a list MP under MMP.
jh

By: katie

katie — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:04:05 +0000

Well done, Russ.

The fine stance held by Rod Donald is valiantly upheld by you in this action.

Om Shanti, katie