3/21 Suppose that someone proposed some "Vote For Yourself" initiative
by which whatever you vote for only applies to you. For example,
voters who vote for higher taxes get only _their_ taxes raised.
People who vote to eliminate gun ownership, can't own one. What
would be the legal problem with this? Possibly equal protection
under the law? Can it be structured differently to make it possible?
\_ I vote for the right to kill anyone I want. And you'll be the
first person on my list.
\_ It only applies to you. So you can kill yourself.
\_ Some laws need to be universal, because some rights are universal.
The trouble with politics is that people do not agree on what
universal rights are, if they did no division would exist. -- ilyas
\_ I vote that I become President.
\_ you morons are missing the point. I never said vote for
anything you want. Just that whatever you vote for
only applies to you. dumbshit.
\_ "applies only to you". You'd only be voting for the right
to kill yourself. Some find this right more important than
others based on personal circumstances. I say "go for it!"
I fully support your right to kill yourself.
\_ Aside from legal issues like having a unique set of laws apply to
each person which makes the legal system cease to have meaning, the
logistics of keeping track of your personal vote tally would be a
task beyond mythical proportions. Also, what do you do about the
80% of people who don't vote? Anyway, you'd never get the left to
agree to give up the power to tax the rich to buy the poor. That's
the entire basic and core function of the DNC these last several
decades. I can't see Gephart going for it. :-) |