Blind man sentenced to library course
Celtlund
03-12-2006, 22:31
The unintended consequences of mandantory voting.
Fri Dec 1, 8:44 AM ET
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A blind Turkish pensioner has been sentenced to a 26-day reading and writing course at his local public library after he failed to vote on time in an election for his village cooperative, his son said Friday.
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A prosecutor in the province of Kutahya in northwest Turkey sentenced Ismail Canseven, 73, to the education course after he did not show up for the election of the cooperative's board of directors in May, Isa Canseven told Reuters.
"What am I going to do in a library? I can't see out of either of my eyes, and I can't read or write anyway," Friday's edition of the Hurriyet newspaper quoted Ismail as saying.
Isa Canseven, 42, said he would appeal against the sentence served on his father. "My father can only find the bathroom by holding on to a piece of string we've tied to the (bathroom) wall," he said.
In Turkey, people are obliged by law to vote in elections.
So who is going to make a Jenifer Governmnet issue out of this?
Krow Liliowych
03-12-2006, 22:32
There already is an issue about manditory voting... Nice try though
They could teach him reading braille. But I'm not sure how much use he'd get out of it.
If this is simply the general sentence for not voting, I'd say it's a constructive punishment, which may help deal with analphabetism. Beats getting beating with a stick, I'd say.
Fassigen
03-12-2006, 22:33
They haven't heard of Braille, have they?
Call to power
03-12-2006, 22:35
as the above have mentioned he will be useful (in fact he may do the world some good:) )
as for mandatory voting who voted to get that law passed :p
Greyenivol Colony
04-12-2006, 00:41
Psh, that blind guy is just making excuses, doubtless he is a covert member of the PKKezbollah trying to bring down the Turkish Republic!
Arrkendommer
04-12-2006, 00:47
There already is an issue about manditory voting... Nice try though
It's actually the first you get, you can have voluntary democracy, compulsory democracy, or no democracy. And we all know what Turkish prisons are like!
The unintended consequences of mandantory voting.
Fri Dec 1, 8:44 AM ET
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A blind Turkish pensioner has been sentenced to a 26-day reading and writing course at his local public library after he failed to vote on time in an election for his village cooperative, his son said Friday.
ADVERTISEMENT
A prosecutor in the province of Kutahya in northwest Turkey sentenced Ismail Canseven, 73, to the education course after he did not show up for the election of the cooperative's board of directors in May, Isa Canseven told Reuters.
"What am I going to do in a library? I can't see out of either of my eyes, and I can't read or write anyway," Friday's edition of the Hurriyet newspaper quoted Ismail as saying.
Isa Canseven, 42, said he would appeal against the sentence served on his father. "My father can only find the bathroom by holding on to a piece of string we've tied to the (bathroom) wall," he said.
In Turkey, people are obliged by law to vote in elections.
So who is going to make a Jenifer Governmnet issue out of this?
one word...
Braille.
They haven't heard of Braille, have they?
another thing me and Fass agrees on. :eek: *faints*
Fassigen
04-12-2006, 01:20
another thing me and Fass agrees on. :eek: *faints*
If you agree that compulsory voting is stupid and hypocritical, then that'll make one more.
If so, then this needs to stop, lest horrible things happen.
Sdaeriji
04-12-2006, 01:34
If you agree that compulsory voting is stupid and hypocritical, then that'll make one more.
If so, then this needs to stop, lest horrible things happen.
I think it's hilarious and hypocritical, does that count?
Fassigen
04-12-2006, 01:36
I think it's hilarious and hypocritical, does that count?
I don't see why not; the stupid is often hilarious.
Demented Hamsters
04-12-2006, 01:45
I don't see why not; the stupid is often hilarious.
You certainly derive a great deal of enjoyment out of them.
Fassigen
04-12-2006, 01:50
You certainly derive a great deal of enjoyment out of them.
What can I say - I like being Nelson at times.
Demented Hamsters
04-12-2006, 02:07
What can I say - I like being Nelson at times.
Don't we all?
If you agree that compulsory voting is stupid and hypocritical, then that'll make one more.
If so, then this needs to stop, lest horrible things happen.never been a fan of Compulsory Voting.
*Holds gun to man's head*
"VOTE NOW... after all, Democracy is all about choice."
"Can I choose not to vote?"
*click*
"No, that is not a choice"