Log In
Create Account
SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ
Login
Create Account
Search
Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...
RSS Feed
Hosting by DigitalOcean
Support ST on Ko-Fi
Links Only
50 Results
100 Results
250 Results
500 Results
1000 Results
5000 Results
2 Weeks
2 Months
6 Months
1 Year
2 Years
5 Years
All Time
Live
Down to Post
Backboards:
Live
________________
1: Dec 12, 13:06
2: Dec 12, 08:55
3: Dec 11, 23:59
4: Dec 11, 14:43
5: Dec 11, 11:29
6: Dec 11, 07:59
7: Dec 10, 18:15
8: Dec 10, 12:28
9: Dec 10, 09:30
10: Dec 10, 05:59
11: Dec 9, 17:07
12: Dec 9, 13:47
13: Dec 9, 10:33
14: Dec 9, 07:33
15: Dec 8, 17:50
16: Dec 8, 10:32
17: Dec 8, 06:23
18: Dec 7, 16:52
19: Dec 7, 07:17
20: Dec 6, 14:40
Posts: 155
In response to
"
Safety and comfort require upkeep. -- nm
"
by
Beryllium
^ -- nm
Posted by
Reagen
Jun 8 '18, 08:47
(No message)
Responses:
Sure. And 6 in 10 Ontarians participated in that yesterday which is why the handwringing is a little to a lot moot. -- nm
-
Name Withheld by Request
Jun 8, 08:59
8
And the more that participate the better, both in the short term and in the long term for an informed public.
-
Reagen
Jun 8, 09:10
7
But if a citizen is actively choosing to stay uninformed and disengaged, I don't see how their marginal involvement serves some greater good. -- nm
-
Name Withheld by Request
Jun 8, 09:23
6
Marginally, no one's vote matters. Collectively, it matters a lot.
-
Reagen
Jun 8, 09:26
5
You're reasonable enough to know that you aren't going to motivate individuals to pay attention if they don't want to, so what would you propose...
-
Name Withheld by Request
Jun 8, 09:33
4
I've never said we're below any line of legitimacy, only that it becomes *more* legitimate the more people participate.
-
Reagen
Jun 8, 09:38
3
I've had voter contact with thousands and that's what has led me to this position. I don't think the system has any greater moral authority with...
-
Name Withheld by Request
Jun 8, 09:48
2
One flows from the other. In my ideal world, they're not low information voters.
-
Reagen
Jun 8, 09:51
1
My response below gets to this but it's okay for someone not to be civically-engaged.
-
Name Withheld by Request
Jun 8, 09:53
Post a message
top
Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.
