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Topic History of: Mad world... Leveson; Prisoners votes; gay marriages...
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Blackit |
There is a key issue generally ignored in this debate. It's not so much about the rights of the individual prisoner but the wider consequences for collections of individuals.
The demographic of prisoners isn't representative of the general population. For example, blacks are grossly overly represented. Thus denying prisoners the right to vote can impact on the voting strength of minorities.
The major imblance in prison populations is of course between men and women. 96% of the prison populaton is male.
Men are already a voting minority given that the population of males over 18 is rather less than women over 18. The constant growth of the prison population means that this voting imbalance is steadily becoming greater (the proportion of female prisoners is actually decreasing : In fact, the government recently stated that no woman should be sent to prison : www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13666066).
Furthermore, increasingly the laws that result in men being jailed, and consequently losing their voting rights, are made by women, and sometimes even only apply to men (for example the law against having sex with drunk women).
Am I the only one who can see anything up with this? |
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IA going back to Spain |
Yes who cares? Leaving political decisions to idiots (politicians) makes one assume it'll all go wrong in the end.
The bit about voting and prisoners.Either all convicts vote,or none do.Trying to set a level about what is a sensible level of conviction to remove a vote is just silly...all or nothing. |
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Gary 7 |
JK2006 wrote:
Who cares whether prisoners vote?
I do actually. I have always thought that someone who is in jail for a relatively trivial offence should not be deprived of this basic right. As a matter of course, murderers and rapists should forfeit most of their rights - including the vote.
IMO.
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WholeTruth |
Hear Hear JK.
As Macca said to a meeja-creep Noo Yoik hot-jock in '64, "Cut the crap Murray The K !"
GOD SAVE THE KINGOFHIT$ ! |
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JK2006 |
Who cares about whether a company that tried but failed to lobby Parliament spent millions on the failed bid?
Who cares whether prisoners vote? The law has said they must so they must?
Who cares whether people who religions say are sinners want to be officially declared married?
I tell you what I care about. My tax monies being wasted on this media created crap. |
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