MvdV> Exactly. Punishing people for not executing their right to vote is a
 MvdV> thing for totalitarian regimes.

   Don't be too hard on Ward, Michiel. After all, he lives in one of the few
countries in the world were you are obligated by law to vote. If you don't,
you'll face severe legal punishment.

   At least in theory -- that legal obnoxiousness has never worked AFAIK. Not
even in Belgium.

   "You can drive your camel to water, but you can never force him to drink."



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