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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #75 - Jan 4^th, 2013 at 8:45pm

gold_medal wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 7:15pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 10:24am:

KJT1981 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:03am:

It is not compulsory in any other Western country - not the US or Canada or Britain or, across the ditch, in New Zealand. Why are adult Australians treated like children?

Australia is probably one of the most nanny state countries I have ever been in.

Don't do this, don't do that.
Ooooh you can't bet online in-game, that's illegal.
You must vote or we fine you.
3kmhr over a low speed limit, points on license and fine.

Fking joke country Australia is a lot of the time.

that's why we are the favoured place on the planet to live. perhaps most people don't favour money over... everything. you sold your soul for money and didn't even get a particularly good price for it.

I don't believe you are a better place to live.
I am as patriotic as anyone I am just honest about the place.

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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #76 - Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:01pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 8:45pm:

gold_medal wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 7:15pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 10:24am:

KJT1981 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:03am:

It is not compulsory in any other Western country - not the US or Canada or Britain or, across the ditch, in New Zealand. Why are adult Australians treated like children?

Australia is probably one of the most nanny state countries I have ever been in.

Don't do this, don't do that.
Ooooh you can't bet online in-game, that's illegal.
You must vote or we fine you.
3kmhr over a low speed limit, points on license and fine.

Fking joke country Australia is a lot of the time.

that's why we are the favoured place on the planet to live. perhaps most people don't favour money over... everything. you sold your soul for money and didn't even get a particularly good price for it.

I don't believe you are a better place to live.
I am as patriotic as anyone I am just honest about the place.

Your as patriotic as a leech .... a bloodsucking worm

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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KJT1981

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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #77 - Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:34pm

John Smith wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:01pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 8:45pm:

gold_medal wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 7:15pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 10:24am:

KJT1981 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:03am:

It is not compulsory in any other Western country - not the US or Canada or Britain or, across the ditch, in New Zealand. Why are adult Australians treated like children?

Australia is probably one of the most nanny state countries I have ever been in.

Don't do this, don't do that.
Ooooh you can't bet online in-game, that's illegal.
You must vote or we fine you.
3kmhr over a low speed limit, points on license and fine.

Fking joke country Australia is a lot of the time.

that's why we are the favoured place on the planet to live. perhaps most people don't favour money over... everything. you sold your soul for money and didn't even get a particularly good price for it.

I don't believe you are a better place to live.
I am as patriotic as anyone I am just honest about the place.

Your as patriotic as a leech .... a bloodsucking worm

A Leech is not a worm. Depending on the leech they belong in the Hirudidae or Haemadipsidae family.

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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #78 - Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:40pm

KJT1981 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:34pm:

John Smith wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:01pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 8:45pm:

gold_medal wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 7:15pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 10:24am:

KJT1981 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:03am:

It is not compulsory in any other Western country - not the US or Canada or Britain or, across the ditch, in New Zealand. Why are adult Australians treated like children?

Australia is probably one of the most nanny state countries I have ever been in.

Don't do this, don't do that.
Ooooh you can't bet online in-game, that's illegal.
You must vote or we fine you.
3kmhr over a low speed limit, points on license and fine.

Fking joke country Australia is a lot of the time.

that's why we are the favoured place on the planet to live. perhaps most people don't favour money over... everything. you sold your soul for money and didn't even get a particularly good price for it.

I don't believe you are a better place to live.
I am as patriotic as anyone I am just honest about the place.

Your as patriotic as a leech .... a bloodsucking worm

A Leech is not a worm. Depending on the leech they belong in the Hirudidae or Haemadipsidae family.

blow it out your arse looser ... you just can't get anything right can you?

'Leeches are annelids or segmented worms, and although closely related to the earthworms, are anatomically and behaviourally more specialised'

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Leeches

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Our esteemed leader:
I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 58507 Here Gender:	Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD Reply #79 - Jan 4^th, 2013 at 10:42pm Compulsory voting is more likely to work in Newmans favour the next election. There is a bigger incentive for labor and swinging voters to turn up to get rid of him then there is for dissapointed Liberal voters to bother.
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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #80 - Jan 5^th, 2013 at 1:15am

John Smith wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:01pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 8:45pm:

gold_medal wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 7:15pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 10:24am:

KJT1981 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:03am:

It is not compulsory in any other Western country - not the US or Canada or Britain or, across the ditch, in New Zealand. Why are adult Australians treated like children?

Australia is probably one of the most nanny state countries I have ever been in.

Don't do this, don't do that.
Ooooh you can't bet online in-game, that's illegal.
You must vote or we fine you.
3kmhr over a low speed limit, points on license and fine.

Fking joke country Australia is a lot of the time.

that's why we are the favoured place on the planet to live. perhaps most people don't favour money over... everything. you sold your soul for money and didn't even get a particularly good price for it.

I don't believe you are a better place to live.
I am as patriotic as anyone I am just honest about the place.

Your as patriotic as a leech .... a bloodsucking worm

As patriotic as your family.
First generation aren't you?

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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #81 - Jan 5^th, 2013 at 4:33am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 5^th, 2013 at 1:15am:

John Smith wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:01pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 8:45pm:

gold_medal wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 7:15pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 10:24am:

KJT1981 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:03am:

It is not compulsory in any other Western country - not the US or Canada or Britain or, across the ditch, in New Zealand. Why are adult Australians treated like children?

Australia is probably one of the most nanny state countries I have ever been in.

Don't do this, don't do that.
Ooooh you can't bet online in-game, that's illegal.
You must vote or we fine you.
3kmhr over a low speed limit, points on license and fine.

Fking joke country Australia is a lot of the time.

that's why we are the favoured place on the planet to live. perhaps most people don't favour money over... everything. you sold your soul for money and didn't even get a particularly good price for it.

I don't believe you are a better place to live.
I am as patriotic as anyone I am just honest about the place.

Your as patriotic as a leech .... a bloodsucking worm

As patriotic as your family.
First generation aren't you?

I have never seen you say anything good about australia or australians - ever.

SOB

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I'm a
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JC Denton Gold Member Offline Posts: 5471 Gender:	Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD Reply #82 - Jan 5^th, 2013 at 4:42am i've never seen any non-dodgy argument for compulsory voting for any of its do-gooder boosters, ever.
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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #83 - Jan 5^th, 2013 at 5:43am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 5^th, 2013 at 4:33am:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 5^th, 2013 at 1:15am:

John Smith wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:01pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 8:45pm:

gold_medal wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 7:15pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 10:24am:

KJT1981 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:03am:

It is not compulsory in any other Western country - not the US or Canada or Britain or, across the ditch, in New Zealand. Why are adult Australians treated like children?

Australia is probably one of the most nanny state countries I have ever been in.

Don't do this, don't do that.
Ooooh you can't bet online in-game, that's illegal.
You must vote or we fine you.
3kmhr over a low speed limit, points on license and fine.

Fking joke country Australia is a lot of the time.

that's why we are the favoured place on the planet to live. perhaps most people don't favour money over... everything. you sold your soul for money and didn't even get a particularly good price for it.

I don't believe you are a better place to live.
I am as patriotic as anyone I am just honest about the place.

Your as patriotic as a leech .... a bloodsucking worm

As patriotic as your family.
First generation aren't you?

I have never seen you say anything good about australia or australians - ever.

SOB

At one time they weren't bad at cricket.

I would play their central midfielder Cahill above any we have of Lampard, Gerrard and Cole.

It has some nice beaches.

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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #84 - Jan 5^th, 2013 at 5:45am

Dnarever wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 6:52pm:

BigOl64 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 6:11pm:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 5:59pm:

KJT1981 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:03am:

It is not compulsory in any other Western country - not the US or Canada or Britain or, across the ditch, in New Zealand. Why are adult Australians treated like children?

It is not compulsory in any other Western country

I think you will find that actually it is in about 35 of them.

Care to provide some sort of evidence for that statement.

here is a start, Luxembourg and Belgium, only 33 to go

Good luck with that

It has been posted many times - go look it up and correct me if my memory is incorrect.

Yes that information has been posted many times by myself, pity you didn't retain the information I posted instead of just making sh1t up.

We are very much alone when it comes to not having codified human rights and attempting to be a first world democracy, see they pretty much go hand in hand. Take the time to look back at this post and you will see the type of country that forces its citizens to the polls and you decide if that company is acceptable.

BTW it is up to you to support your own statements.

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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #85 - Jan 5^th, 2013 at 6:30am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 5^th, 2013 at 5:43am:

At one time they weren't bad at cricket.

I would play their central midfielder Cahill above any we have of Lampard, Gerrard and Cole.

It has some nice beaches.

It's safe here Andrei. It used to be safer, before we started invading random countries with the yanks.

I've always thought it's ok to biatch about your country if it's not doing it's best for its citizens, after all, a country is only as good as the way it treats its most vulnerable citizen's.

Australia is a good country, although it used to be much better. I suppose the leaders have a lot to do with that, or maybe lots of countries used to be better and we're all going to the pits together.

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andrei said: Great isn't it? Seeing boatloads of what is nothing more than human garbage turn up.....

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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD Reply #86 - Jan 5^th, 2013 at 6:34am Its too far away. I guess that's my main problem with Australia. Yes it is nice but it's the other side of the world to everything.
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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #87 - Jan 5^th, 2013 at 6:53am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 5^th, 2013 at 6:34am:

Its too far away. I guess that's my main problem with Australia.
Yes it is nice but it's the other side of the world to everything.

Yeah! I don't mind that, it has its advantages. It is too far to travel to Europe, that looooong flight/s is a killer, but I'm cool with Asia travel.

We are a bit behind the rest of the developed world, but that's ok too. I used to think that we'd catch up one day, but now I know it won't happen.

At least we get to see the new technologies get truly tested before we buy them, that's an advantage.

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andrei said: Great isn't it? Seeing boatloads of what is nothing more than human garbage turn up.....

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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #88 - Jan 5^th, 2013 at 7:12am

Each to their own.
I am moving back to England this year and this will be the last move for some time now.

I have to go to Europe it's where my family are, hence the twice yearly flight is a killer in both cost and distance.

Unless you fly China Eastern which I really don't recommend.

Asia?
I am of the Paul Keating school.
"Isn't it that place you fly over to go to Europe?"

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Re: Campbell Newman to scrap compulsory voting in QLD
Reply #89 - Jan 5^th, 2013 at 7:59am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 5^th, 2013 at 1:15am:

John Smith wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:01pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 8:45pm:

gold_medal wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 7:15pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 10:24am:

KJT1981 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2013 at 9:03am:

It is not compulsory in any other Western country - not the US or Canada or Britain or, across the ditch, in New Zealand. Why are adult Australians treated like children?

Australia is probably one of the most nanny state countries I have ever been in.

Don't do this, don't do that.
Ooooh you can't bet online in-game, that's illegal.
You must vote or we fine you.
3kmhr over a low speed limit, points on license and fine.

Fking joke country Australia is a lot of the time.

that's why we are the favoured place on the planet to live. perhaps most people don't favour money over... everything. you sold your soul for money and didn't even get a particularly good price for it.

I don't believe you are a better place to live.
I am as patriotic as anyone I am just honest about the place.

Your as patriotic as a leech .... a bloodsucking worm

As patriotic as your family.
First generation aren't you?

what difference does it make what generation? Are you even first generation or are you just a wannabe?

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Our esteemed leader:
I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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