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OT: Plebiscite 23-Jun-2011 At 1:08:33 PM Linze

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On 23/06/2011 kuu wrote:
>TANGENT WARNING!
>
>On 23/06/2011 evanbb wrote:
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>(snip)
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>Democracy is not about voting for every decision.
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>But think about the possibilities if we did!
>
>Current technologies could easily provide a mechanism for the populace
>to vote on every (major?) issue put before our parliament. Two buttons
>-- one labelled "Yes" the other labelled "No" and we all get to press one
>of them to decide the matter.>

i was going to point out that an obvious flaw in this system is that people wouldnt read all the relevant supporting documentation prior to voting, but then i remebered that neither does Barnaby Joyce... plus, struggling families would no longer be burdened by the rising costs of toilet paper!