Extreme makeover: DA Edition

[Necuno]

I know... I'm behind, but for those who missed it


Extreme makeover: DA Edition

 

[Mars]

Lol, this must be the thread about Zapiro's comics that criticize the DA.

The one where he does the cANCer is here :

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/124487-Zapiro-thread?

my current favorite:

 

[2026]

Feels like he tried to hard on this one, and didn't pull it off.

My take on it all is that DA know apartheid is a weapon the ANC will bring to the polls (just look at the denial of the recent request to stop blaming apartheid for current ministers failures) so they are diluting the weapons effectiveness against them by showing it's not just an ANC weapon.

It'd be awesome if other parties (PAC, IFP) all jumped on the "we were also there in apartheid" so that this apartheid guilt trip voting can finally stop.

 

[SmartKit]

I note that there is a paper in the bin shaming "qualified franchise".

I must state for the record I am not in favour of universal franchise, but rather a qualified franchise where some votes count more than others. This could create a really representative government, which would still be black run, but would prevent politicians who cannot run a country and have zero morals, like Jacob Zuma, from taking office.

 

[2026]

I note that there is a paper in the bin shaming "qualified franchise".

I must state for the record I am not in favour of universal franchise, but rather a qualified franchise where some votes count more than others. This could create a really representative government, which would still be black run, but would prevent politicians who cannot run a country and have zero morals, like Jacob Zuma, from taking office.

Do you have any links to some good reading on "qualified franchise" (wiki isnt helping)?

 

[Ancalagon]

Do you have any links to some good reading on "qualified franchise" (wiki isnt helping)?

I support the idea, but if you even mention it near an ANC member, you will be called a racist apartheid supporter and probably a Neo Nazi. Its unfortunately not a popular idea.

It does have its downsides - the USA has a voters roll, and in past elections, people have been struck off the voters roll unfairly by the powers that be. I think you can be struck off the voters roll for criminal convictions.

In an ideal world, I would think whether you can vote or not, and if so, how much your vote counts, should be determined by A) whether you serve the country in some form or fashion, and B) how educated you are.

I like the system presented in the sci fi movie Starship Troopers - the only way to become a citizen, and thus become eligible to vote, is to enter either the civil or military service.

 

[Vrotappel]

I support the idea, but if you even mention it near an ANC member, you will be called a racist apartheid supporter and probably a Neo Nazi. Its unfortunately not a popular idea.

It does have its downsides - the USA has a voters roll, and in past elections, people have been struck off the voters roll unfairly by the powers that be. I think you can be struck off the voters roll for criminal convictions.

In an ideal world, I would think whether you can vote or not, and if so, how much your vote counts, should be determined by A) whether you serve the country in some form or fashion, and B) how educated you are.

I like the system presented in the sci fi movie Starship Troopers - the only way to become a citizen, and thus become eligible to vote, is to enter either the civil or military service.

Rather read the book - Starship Troopers.

The main literary criticism against Starship Troopers is that it is nothing more than a vehicle for Heinlein's political views.

 

[Necuno]

I know... I'm behind, but for those who missed it


Extreme makeover: DA Edition

Kinda makes me thing of that saying with the ring and the ugly

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I support the idea, but if you even mention it near an ANC member, you will be called a racist apartheid supporter and probably a Neo Nazi. Its unfortunately not a popular idea.

It does have its downsides - the USA has a voters roll, and in past elections, people have been struck off the voters roll unfairly by the powers that be. I think you can be struck off the voters roll for criminal convictions.

In an ideal world, I would think whether you can vote or not, and if so, how much your vote counts, should be determined by A) whether you serve the country in some form or fashion, and B) how educated you are.

I like the system presented in the sci fi movie Starship Troopers - the only way to become a citizen, and thus become eligible to vote, is to enter either the civil or military service.

"Serving" your country is such a nebulous term, though. Why are ordinary people who are not in the civil service or the military not "serving" their country? Surely paying your taxes and being a law-abiding, contributing citizen should count? Lots of people who do this also aren't formally educated. Why punish them?