[geeks] Followup on weapons seizure

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Anthony Guarnieri <atg at stormrider.org> wrote:
> I myself would like to publically call for the licensing of
> individuals with voter registration cards, with prospective
> 'voters' being tested on the American system of government 'as
> designed,' including knowledge of the writings and speeches of
> men like Jefferson, Franklin, Paine and Henry. Voting is just
> too powerful an action to be left to people of 'unknown ability
> and character.'

Sorry, old email, just wanted to throw my $.02 into this...

Qualifying potential voters is a bad idea, period.

At various times in this country, we limited voting be:

Land owners

Literate

Those that could pay the "poll tax"

Race

Gender

They were all overturned for good reason. You may feel that requiring a
certain educational achievement is reasonable, but the laws the people
you elect will impact *all*, not just those who passed history class.

Sorry, back to space shuttle trivia... ;^)

=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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