Thread: 2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll
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Old 09-05-2010, 15:59   #745
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Re: 2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll
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Originally Posted by punky View Post
Nice try. Emmeline Pankhurst et al. didn't have the vote during the Suffragette movement. He did. He isn't complaining over unjust civil rights. He (and a considerable number of others) are throwing their collective teddies in the corner because they didn't get the result they wanted.
No, they are complaining because they feel disenfranchised by the current electoral system which means that many votes are practically worthless.
No point in having the vote if it doesn't mean anything so in that sense not that far removed from not having the vote at all.

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You think the protests would have happened if the Lib Dems have won? And your comments are quite insulting to the memories of those that died (including Emily Davidson) so we can vote.
Can't say - but I would think not as the Lib Dems promised electoral reform.

I don't think the comments are insulting at all and I'm sure many who did die wouldn't fail to see the irony of a pointless voting system.

Your comments about confronting 'idiots' exercising their democratic right to peaceful protest is probably more insulting if you want to go down that road.



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No, its selfish. Its protesters over-inflated egos thinking that what they want to say is more important than whatever interview the viewers have tuned in for.
The protesters have every right to be there protesting peacefully. Are you saying they should be quiet for Sky news now or not protest against their perceived treatment by Sky News?
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