Cynic Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I'm not entirely serious but from conversations I keep hearing it seem that many people are using terrible methods to decide who to vote for. Should you have to prove you aren't basing your vote on the rubbish you have read in the paper or seen on the TV. Almost every news source is filled with biased views depending on their own political stance. Yet I hear people repeating these stories as fact. So if you can't prove you have a real understanding of why you are voting should you even be allowed to? I suggest an IQ test on the polling station door! I might not get in either but it would be worth it. It's the only way to stop the Daily Mail and the Sun deciding who runs the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaytsev Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Just turn up you'll be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBennet Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I'm not entirely serious but from conversations I keep hearing it seem that many people are using terrible methods to decide who to vote for. Should you have to prove you aren't basing your vote on the rubbish you have read in the paper or seen on the TV. Almost every news source is filled with biased views depending on their own political stance. Yet I hear people repeating these stories as fact. So if you can't prove you have a real understanding of why you are voting should you even be allowed to? I suggest an IQ test on the polling station door! I might not get in either but it would be worth it. It's the only way to stop the Daily Mail and the Sun deciding who runs the country It makes a lot of sense but would be incredibly complicated. Imagine the vote counters having to mark every test papers before deciding whether to count the person's vote! A simpler way to determine intelligence is to measure it against income and where you live, as the cleverer you are the more you earn. You should only be allowed to vote if you live in a nice area and earn more than £20,000 a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 It disturbs me sometimes, how remarkably dumb some people seem to be and yet are allowed to vote; but the idea that the vote could be restricted from any group of people disturbs me far more. No, there shouldn't be a bar on it. The cure is worse than the disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Location114 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Sorry but thats the biggest load of rubbish i have heard in a long time yes your right on the basis that it would take forever to mark IQ tests. Now personally i dont vote but ive no doubt I could pass an IQ test as im actually bright yes i dont earn £20,000 or more a year but thats simply because I haven't been able to find a different job and its not asif im a waster because i work at the moment. Its absolutely diobolical to say that because you earn £20,000 or more that makes you a clever person and how can the area you live in possibly determine your level of intelligience. It makes a lot of sense but would be incredibly complicated. Imagine the vote counters having to mark every test papers before deciding whether to count the person's vote! A simpler way to determine intelligence is to measure it against income and where you live, as the cleverer you are the more you earn. You should only be allowed to vote if you live in a nice area and earn more than £20,000 a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gault Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Personaly I belive an IQ test should be a requirement, plus an awareness test. Taking it further we could eliminate the complexity of what to do with these people by getting rid of them all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 ive no doubt I could pass an IQ test As there is technically no pass or fail for an IQ test (just a score) you've failed already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 My next idea was to force everyone in the country to take an IQ test (maybe even 3 and use the average to make it fair) then the bottom 30% are round up and shot. Just imagine a country without all the stupid people. I think we already live in a great country but all the things that do annoy can be put down to the idiots. For the sake of stupid people lets all hope I never take charge! I would settle for not letting them have a say in who runs the country as a start. (p.s. I can see many many reasons why everything I have said on this thread should never happen, obviously!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Stupid people have a right to representation. People voting for idealogical instead of factual reasons have every right to do so. There's no moral ground to restrict the vote on any arbitrary basis (although we do based on age, which is justified as being down to understanding), and even if there were the process would be open to massive levels of abuse to manipulate the system in favour of the incumbent government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBennet Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 A simpler way to eliminate stupid people from voting is to ask them as they approach the polling station "Do you intend to vote Labour"? If they say yes have them shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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