A question for you. Do you think the US would be a better place if there were educational requirements for voting? Sure, some people would be less free and a lot of people would be angry. Then again who knows with this level of voter apathy if they would be angry. But, would it be better for them? Basically, it comes down to the freedom or security argument, except security is replaced with happiness. Could this be a slippery slope towards giving more power to less people? Should we abandon some rights for some people in order to make the US better for every person?

My answer to these questions is yes. However, the real question is if it is better for everyone, is it the right thing to do it? Freedom or happiness? I'm not sure. And no, I'm not a communist. Well, maybe a little. Just looking for opinions and try to keep the personal attacks down, please.

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"Everything is relative. Well, pretty much everything." -Truckules

Yes!

Minimum of a Master's Degree to vote.....

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"For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth"
"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
-JFK

Knight Errant of the Simian Order
Truth - Justice - Comedy

Let me offer this one comment:
education comes in many forms.

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McCain on National Security
Sarah Speaks

Is that a come-on?

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"For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth"
"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
-JFK

Knight Errant of the Simian Order
Truth - Justice - Comedy

You have to take a basic knowledge test to get a drivers license, but complete ignorance about the constitution is OK to vote. This is an appalling deficiency of the graduation requirements of learning some civic responsibility. This should be part of middle school not for acquiring a high school diploma.

good post, I say yes, question is education in which field? - knowledge of Jewish Holocaust or biography of Bill Clinton? I believe any political education on non democratic mainstream media is no different then teletubies. I like better the idea of "negative voting" someone posted it here today

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Obama, Bob Gates, Colin Powel, Hillary Clinton and other war criminals from Bush administration… Yes, it's a change we can forget about, because do not forget, it was a candidate brought to you by a non democratic media, while any real candidate has been obscured by it.

You will not see any change until you unite for democratic media.

Actually i think a bachelor in science would suffice. Common, everyone shoul be able to get a bachelor in science. And it teaches you a bit about being critical of things you hear.

as for what education? any would suffice in case of a bachelor in science.

But actually, one of the finer points i think needs to be discussed, is that, a democracy tends to want to have influence in any aspect of life. Even when people know nothing about the subject.

Take for example, abortion. Half of the people against abortion havn't the faintest clue about the procedure. I say that decissions which come in a very specific and specialized field need to be taken by those experts. In case of abortion, it's the medical practioners, the ethics and perhaps priests.

We do not need to decide everything, and we certainly have no clue of all subjects and because of that we shouldn't want to control all those subjects.

This Forum would be proof that retarded people do and can vote in America.

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"The only title superior to President of the United States of America is Citizen."

Did you know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?

Tresha quote:
I'm not sure why you are under the impression that because someone has mental health problems, they are incapable of intelligent and rational thought.

Sure and lets ban blacks and homos too...

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Collective? I'm sure thats easy when your not surrounded by a bunch of (*)(*)(*)(*)ing retards!!!

there is a difference in what you are, and what you have achieved.