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Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Only a few hours until I get to use this

The most powerful weapon in western societies: my voting card. Well, apart from the RPG I keep under my pillow.

There will be more plebiscites in the future, by the way. Even the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, which is an ultra-orthodox Christian party that doesn't allow female membership (!) and really would like to impose a theocracy rather than have referendums, thinks it's unavoidable. Party leader Bas van der Vlies said tonight: 'Now we've asked the voters for their opinion on this subject, it will be very hard for us to deny them that right when similar issues present themselves in the future.'

Reform is already taking place.

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Edwin votes 'yes'

Democracy is not a spectator sport

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You don't live in a very progressive society. After all, your voter registration card is only printed in Dutch. Mine is printed in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. Nyanya! :-)

LouMinatti (ip:207.218.203.30) 31 May 2005 - 5:25 uur

Arjan, how can you say they take the referendum seriously when they let you vote in a playground? :-)

Edwin den Boer (ip:145.53.6.2) 31 May 2005 - 11:34 uur

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Only a few hours until I get to use this

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