Election day today

[sqbr]

I support all of you's right to vote for whoever you truly feel is best to run this country, as long as you don't make your decision based entirely on selfishness or scare tactics etc.

That said, if you help the Liberals win(*), I will hunt you down and kill you.


(*)This includes not voting, or voting above the line without realising where your prefrences go on a two party preferred basis. I realise that this puts my foreign readers in a difficult bind but that's just the price you pay for being sneaky dirty foreigners isn't it? If I have any underage readers you should go put on a fake moustache and vote anyway.

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This message was authorised by Dr Sophie on behalf of the OhGodNotFourMoreYearsOfThis organisation, Perth. Spoken by Dr Sophie.

Further small print: since it seems to have escaped some people: I didn't say that voting Liberal is neccesarily anything other than a reasoned and thoughtful decision made in accordance with that person's values. I have met many intelligent and decent Liberal voters.

...and they will be sorely missed when the revolution comes. (That and the entire CEC. No political party that promotes geometry over algebra can be allowed to survive)

Comments

[alias_sqbr]

See I'm not sure that was true in earlier elections, but at this point, and with the people who read my flist, I feel reasonably confident I won't have to bring out the axe :)

[greyreviews.livejournal.com]

To suggest that people voted liberal in the past elections only because of fear or selfishness, is both disingenuous and effectively just an excuse for the failure on the behalf of previous Labor oppositions to present a coherent or viable alternative.

Rudd on the other hand has and will win this election because of it.

[alias_sqbr]

Oh, no, I agree that many people voted Liberal in previous elections for entirely sensible reasons (to them, not so much to a dogmatic lefty like me) And I'm sure some of them still voted that way today. I was just saying there wouldn't be any on my friends list (since they're almost entirely a bunch of lefty treehuggers, not becuase I am unwilling to befriend people who's politics don't match my own).
Which, as it turns out, was still silly of me..

I actually do dislike the way people (of every political persuausion, but the ones on "my side" bug me the most) tend to demonise everyone on "the other side", completely ignoring the many non-evil reasons for voting that way and ignoring the numerous major flaws on "our side".

I must admit, I'm less inclined to defend conservatives very vigourously on election day, when they've won every year I've voted. I'm only human :P

*edits post to make clearer*

[(Anonymous)]

I actually do dislike the way people tend to demonise everyone on "the other side", completely ignoring the many non-evil reasons for voting that way and ignoring the numerous major flaws on "our side".

I heard a lot of comments yesterday about "the loony left". Being at work I had to keep my mouth shut about it. But I did listen to Roy and HG's coverage, when it was obvious Labor had won they said we can all go on strike tomorrow.