Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 06:29:02 +0200
From: "auskadi-AT-tvcabo.co.mz" <auskadi-AT-tvcabo.co.mz>
Subject: Re: AUT: Jaywalking (Was voting ... A Reply to Noam Chomsky)


Lautre
Now, Now
In Australia there is no such word as "jaywalking". I have been to the 
US a few times. There I found people very constrained by rules when they 
cross the street. The only place in Australia that may be a bit 
constrained in this respect was Brisbane - a left over fromt he days of 
Joh Bjelke Petersens peculiar form of dee north politics.
But really about voting ... I havent been following the conversation 
much but I actually like the idea of compulsary voting inAustralia. You 
can always vote informal, or you can if you dont you can become a 
matyr/hero to the cause in the courts ... in the US you just slide off 
into oblivion never to be heard of again.
Martin

>In Australia, I hear they have a bylaw against
>jaywalking.  My cousin there tells me that last month
>she was at an interesection and even though there were
>no cars, she had to two minutes for the light to
>change because a beat-cop was nearby and she didn't
>want to risk getting a fifty dollar ticket.  And now
>you tell me they have mandatory voting there too!
>Fascism it is. 
>
>Josh
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>>In Australia, I am told, not to vote is a criminal
>>act 
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