Aikhme
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Just wondering if anyone sees this as a valid form of protest.
Imagine if over half the electorate voted informal? What message does this send? :lol:
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Joffa
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The only message it would send is you get what you deserve
#your vote counts!
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lukerobinho
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I'll vote informal in the house of reps
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Davide82
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Oh fucking hell :lol:
Thank God its 5pm, I gotta get out of this place
Have a good weekend all you sexy lunatics
Ugh EDIT - I get the distinct impression there won't be a single person's name that posts in agreement with this that will surprise me
Adios amigos!!
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libel
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probably, i do most of the time, because i hate politicians and the outcome of elections seem to have no material impact on my life. im pretty sure that im also in "safe" seats, so my vote doesnt really count.
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Aikhme
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Joffa wrote:The only message it would send is you get what you deserve
#your vote counts! I don't know about that! because that would imply that the voters who did vote for a bastard get what they deserve even more! :lol:
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paladisious
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Anyone who doesn't fulfil their responsibility to cast a formal vote has no right to complain when the resulting government does whatever they like to them.
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grazorblade
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I used to vote informal. Economically I usually agree with the left but I'm also pro-life Then I lived in the usa and saw what it was like for the working poor and even the middle class without strong unions, a high minimum wage, good public health and education and a safety net. The USA is a downright distopia for half the country and the other half work themselves to death unnecessarily. It wasn't that much less of a shock than a 3rd world country that was the end of political apathy for me
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lukerobinho
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paladisious wrote:Anyone who doesn't fulfil their responsibility to cast a formal vote has no right to complain when the resulting government does whatever they like to them. Bullshit. Democracy itself isn't representative
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pv4
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paladisious wrote:Anyone who doesn't fulfil their responsibility to cast a formal vote has no right to complain when the resulting government does whatever they like to them. Don't blame me.. I voted for Kodos
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paladisious
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lukerobinho wrote:paladisious wrote:Anyone who doesn't fulfil their responsibility to cast a formal vote has no right to complain when the resulting government does whatever they like to them. Bullshit. Democracy itself isn't representative Winston Churchill wrote:The best argument against democracy is a five minute browse of ET.
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11.mvfc.11 wrote:pv4 wrote:paladisious wrote:Anyone who doesn't fulfil their responsibility to cast a formal vote has no right to complain when the resulting government does whatever they like to them. Don't blame me.. I voted for Kodos Sums it up. This will be the first time I vote, purely because I'm now considering entering politics. Our system doesn't represent the people, can totally understand informal voting or not attending at all. Yep. The point is lost in a two party preferred system.
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Heineken
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I'm voting for Pedro.
WOLLONGONG WOLVES FOR A-LEAGUE EXPANSION!

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JP
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T-UNIT
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I plan to donkey vote it.
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SocaWho
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Where's Napolean Dynamite when you need him
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T-UNIT wrote:I plan to donkey vote it. If it was Joel Griffiths he would donkey punch the electoral worker :lol:
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quickflick
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paladisious wrote:Anyone who doesn't fulfil their responsibility to cast a formal vote has no right to complain when the resulting government does whatever they like to them. What if you had to choose between Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Idi Amin? If you voted informally, would you have no right to complain when the resulting government did whatever they like? I know I've pushed that idea to absurd dimensions. But you get my drift. Once upon a time in a place called Germany, folk were presented with communism or fascism as two of the major competing political ideologies. As it happens, it won't make a lick of difference who I vote for in the House of Reps. I live in probably one of the safest liberal seats in the country. Turnbull could suggest deporting all Muslims and the Liberal candidate would still win in the seat where I live.
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Aikhme
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grazorblade wrote:I used to vote informal. Economically I usually agree with the left but I'm also pro-life Then I lived in the usa and saw what it was like for the working poor and even the middle class without strong unions, a high minimum wage, good public health and education and a safety net. The USA is a downright distopia for half the country and the other half work themselves to death unnecessarily. It wasn't that much less of a shock than a 3rd world country that was the end of political apathy for me I was never apathetic politically. Always relished voting. I have voted for both sides and consider myself a swinging voter. But right now, I feel very uninspired. We need to choose between 2 idiots - Shorten or Turnbull. If Abbott was still in, I would have voted for him and I will tell you why. He was the only honest PM we ever had ever. He was too honest and perhaps that was his problem. He also never threw anyone under the bus. Old school values I kind of respect. Which is why I would have voted for him.
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quickflick
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Aikhme wrote:grazorblade wrote:I used to vote informal. Economically I usually agree with the left but I'm also pro-life Then I lived in the usa and saw what it was like for the working poor and even the middle class without strong unions, a high minimum wage, good public health and education and a safety net. The USA is a downright distopia for half the country and the other half work themselves to death unnecessarily. It wasn't that much less of a shock than a 3rd world country that was the end of political apathy for me I was never apathetic politically. Always relished voting. I have voted for both sides and consider myself a swinging voter. But right now, I feel very uninspired. We need to choose between 2 idiots - Shorten or Turnbull. If Abbott was still in, I would have voted for him and I will tell you why. He was the only honest PM we ever had ever. He was too honest and perhaps that was his problem. He also never threw anyone under the bus. Old school values I kind of respect. Which is why I would have voted for him. I'm no huge fan of Abbott. But I do think you're kind of right about that. In many ways, he was kind of honest. Honest (or in many ways idealistically honest) to the point of being politically stupid. Bringing back knighthoods and then giving one to the Duke of Edinburgh surely would have been a political death wish given certain aspects of the Australian character. Not suggesting I approve of those aspects of the Australian character. Just Abbott surely would have known that the risks greatly outweighed the rewards.
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SocaWho
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Might vote for the sex party...Fiona Patten looks like a good sort
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Aikhme
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quickflick wrote:Aikhme wrote:grazorblade wrote:I used to vote informal. Economically I usually agree with the left but I'm also pro-life Then I lived in the usa and saw what it was like for the working poor and even the middle class without strong unions, a high minimum wage, good public health and education and a safety net. The USA is a downright distopia for half the country and the other half work themselves to death unnecessarily. It wasn't that much less of a shock than a 3rd world country that was the end of political apathy for me I was never apathetic politically. Always relished voting. I have voted for both sides and consider myself a swinging voter. But right now, I feel very uninspired. We need to choose between 2 idiots - Shorten or Turnbull. If Abbott was still in, I would have voted for him and I will tell you why. He was the only honest PM we ever had ever. He was too honest and perhaps that was his problem. He also never threw anyone under the bus. Old school values I kind of respect. Which is why I would have voted for him. I'm no huge fan of Abbott. But I do think you're kind of right about that. In many ways, he was kind of honest. Honest (or in many ways idealistically honest) to the point of being politically stupid. Bringing back knighthoods and then giving one to the Duke of Edinburgh surely would have been a political death wish given certain aspects of the Australian character. Not suggesting I approve of those aspects of the Australian character. Just Abbott surely would have known that the risks greatly outweighed the rewards. Yeh the Knights and Dames saga was stupid. He shouldn't have done it. I've been told that the Queen actually asked him to do it in order to decorate her husband Philip. I'm not sure if that is true, but that is what I was told from a seemingly good source. But ordinarily, that was a minor issue that became huge. What Abbott needed to do, was sack Hockey and put Morrison into the job. He should have sacked Turnbull as well from Communications portfolio. It was obvious that the Cabinet Leaks were from him. Edited by Aikhme: 14/5/2016 01:56:34 AM
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Aikhme
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SocaWho wrote:Might vote for the sex party...Fiona Patten looks like a good sort Can she give us a good demonstration of what she stands for?
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quickflick
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Aikhme wrote:quickflick wrote:Aikhme wrote:grazorblade wrote:I used to vote informal. Economically I usually agree with the left but I'm also pro-life Then I lived in the usa and saw what it was like for the working poor and even the middle class without strong unions, a high minimum wage, good public health and education and a safety net. The USA is a downright distopia for half the country and the other half work themselves to death unnecessarily. It wasn't that much less of a shock than a 3rd world country that was the end of political apathy for me I was never apathetic politically. Always relished voting. I have voted for both sides and consider myself a swinging voter. But right now, I feel very uninspired. We need to choose between 2 idiots - Shorten or Turnbull. If Abbott was still in, I would have voted for him and I will tell you why. He was the only honest PM we ever had ever. He was too honest and perhaps that was his problem. He also never threw anyone under the bus. Old school values I kind of respect. Which is why I would have voted for him. I'm no huge fan of Abbott. But I do think you're kind of right about that. In many ways, he was kind of honest. Honest (or in many ways idealistically honest) to the point of being politically stupid. Bringing back knighthoods and then giving one to the Duke of Edinburgh surely would have been a political death wish given certain aspects of the Australian character. Not suggesting I approve of those aspects of the Australian character. Just Abbott surely would have known that the risks greatly outweighed the rewards. Yeh the Knights and Dames saga was stupid. He shouldn't have done it. I've been told that the Queen actually asked him to do it in order to decorate her husband Philip. I'm not sure if that is true, but that is what I was told from a seemingly good source. But ordinarily, that was a minor issue that became huge. What Abbott needed to do, was sack Hockey and put Morrison into the job. He should have sacked Turnbull as well from Communications portfolio. It was obvious that the Cabinet Leaks were from him. Edited by Aikhme: 14/5/2016 01:56:34 AM What kind of source provided you with that information? No offence. I struggle to believe that. It's almost utterly implausible. To paraphrase one of the Queen's former principal private secretaries, I'd be more likely to believe that a herd of unicorns is grazing in the middle of Hyde Park. The Queen tends to steer clear of these kind of things (especially where it concerns dominion nations). Also, (this is just based on Buckingham Palace whispers) when Australia voted against a republic in the referendum, Prince Philip was absolutely staggered. He thought there was something wrong with Australian voters. Edited by quickflick: 14/5/2016 02:08:13 AM
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SocaWho wrote:Might vote for the sex party...Fiona Patten looks like a good sort Jesus, has it been a while for you mate. :lol:
WOLLONGONG WOLVES FOR A-LEAGUE EXPANSION!

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Aikhme wrote:SocaWho wrote:Might vote for the sex party...Fiona Patten looks like a good sort Can she give us a good demonstration of what she stands for? I met her once and could really see straight away that compassion for people is at the core of what she does. She's in the Victorian state parliament right now, btw, but her party is running in the federal election, I assume. Broadly, their policies can be described as secular libertarian, certainly more on the personal liberties side of the spectrum rather than looking left or right. Most of their policies are in the area individual rights and keeping religion out of politics. If you are in Victoria you might have heard about a law Patten put forward to put a 150 metre limit on protesters harassing women going to medical clinics that perform abortions, which was backed by the rest of parliament and is now in force down here. Edited by paladisious: 14/5/2016 03:24:27 AM
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Heineken wrote:SocaWho wrote:Might vote for the sex party...Fiona Patten looks like a good sort Jesus, has it been a while for you mate. :lol: As you get older you tend to lower your standards a bit...you will find out one day
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paladisious wrote:Aikhme wrote:SocaWho wrote:Might vote for the sex party...Fiona Patten looks like a good sort Can she give us a good demonstration of what she stands for? I met her once and could really see straight away that compassion for people is at the core of what she does. She's in the Victorian state parliament right now, btw, but her party is running in the federal election, I assume. Broadly, their policies can be described as secular libertarian, certainly more on the personal liberties side of the spectrum rather than looking left or right. Most of their policies are in the area individual rights and keeping religion out of politics. If you are in Victoria you might have heard about a law Patten put forward to put a 150 metre limit on protesters harassing women going to medical clinics that perform abortions, which was backed by the rest of parliament and is now in force down here. Edited by paladisious: 14/5/2016 03:24:27 AM I'm well aware what the sex party stands for. Up in Sydney I listen to a radio segment at night that has Robbie Swann on the program , who is the founder of the party. I have to admit he speaks a lot of common sense
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quickflick wrote:Aikhme wrote:grazorblade wrote:I used to vote informal. Economically I usually agree with the left but I'm also pro-life Then I lived in the usa and saw what it was like for the working poor and even the middle class without strong unions, a high minimum wage, good public health and education and a safety net. The USA is a downright distopia for half the country and the other half work themselves to death unnecessarily. It wasn't that much less of a shock than a 3rd world country that was the end of political apathy for me I was never apathetic politically. Always relished voting. I have voted for both sides and consider myself a swinging voter. But right now, I feel very uninspired. We need to choose between 2 idiots - Shorten or Turnbull. If Abbott was still in, I would have voted for him and I will tell you why. He was the only honest PM we ever had ever. He was too honest and perhaps that was his problem. He also never threw anyone under the bus. Old school values I kind of respect. Which is why I would have voted for him. I'm no huge fan of Abbott. But I do think you're kind of right about that. In many ways, he was kind of honest. Honest (or in many ways idealistically honest) to the point of being politically stupid. Bringing back knighthoods and then giving one to the Duke of Edinburgh surely would have been a political death wish given certain aspects of the Australian character. Not suggesting I approve of those aspects of the Australian character. Just Abbott surely would have known that the risks greatly outweighed the rewards. How can anyone call Abbott honest when the 2013 election campaign was one of the most dishonest in history?
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paladisious wrote:Aikhme wrote:SocaWho wrote:Might vote for the sex party...Fiona Patten looks like a good sort Can she give us a good demonstration of what she stands for? I met her once and could really see straight away that compassion for people is at the core of what she does. She's in the Victorian state parliament right now, btw, but her party is running in the federal election, I assume. Broadly, their policies can be described as secular libertarian, certainly more on the personal liberties side of the spectrum rather than looking left or right. Most of their policies are in the area individual rights and keeping religion out of politics. If you are in Victoria you might have heard about a law Patten put forward to put a 150 metre limit on protesters harassing women going to medical clinics that perform abortions, which was backed by the rest of parliament and is now in force down here. Been a sex party voter for the last 3 elections.
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