[geeks] Followup on weapons seizure

[Brian]

I would completely support the idea of showing id to register and to vote,
to limit the number of errors that occur.

    Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lionel Peterson" <lionel4287 at yahoo.com>
To: "The Geeks List" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Followup on weapons seizure


> --- 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
>
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