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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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I think it's less "education" in the traditional sense and more just simple exposure to other ideas and ways of life. And it'd work both ways too, since urban youth would possibly get a chance to see that not all rural communities are like Backwoods Appalachia.
Ninjas, ninjas everywhere.
edited 9th Nov '12 2:41:54 PM by DrunkGirlfriend
"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -DrunkscriblerianThere is the point when the drama about loosing an election just gets ridiculous.
"You can reply to this Message!"Oh, it was the first thing that came to mind when thinking about 'sending urban citizens into the countryside to work on farms'. But yeah, it's a terrible comparison.
Anyway, I have a question: why do you have to 'register to vote' in the US? Here, anyone who's registered as a citizen is automatically registered as a voter as well; when elections are coming up, everyone gets a "voter's pass" in the mail. You bring that pass and your ID card to the polling station, and you can cast your vote.
So why do Americans have to register separately in order to vote? What's the reasoning behind it?
Mache dich, mein Herze, rein...http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/11/09/energy-ceo-lays-off-staff-with-a-prayer.html#comments
So yeah. That coal company that forced its workers to attend a Romney rally? Now theyre offering prayers on stages and firing workers because Romney lost and Obama is waging a "war on coal"
While we're on the subject of secession (as silly as the idea may sounds), I had a question related to that:
You think that it is an option for the USA to invade any "wanna-be" countries in North America?
I'm not just talking about Louisiana or Texas (those guys wanted to secede right?), I'm also thinking about Canadian separatist, like Quebec. Or another province. I think I heard about another province who wanted to separate, but I can't re-call which one.
I also rather resent the implication that backwoods Appalachia is a bad thing.
That said, I agree with the general sentiment that, to the extent that rural and city areas are uninformed about each other's lifestyles (a somewhat dubious claim, given the amount of moving around that already happens), more contact between them might smooth relations. But it's a two-way street, and statements like this
are somewhat offensive, and would be very offensive if they were serious.
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But don't you have basic civil records for that? Like, every county keeps a list of its inhabitants and where they live, and when any government agency needs to contact a citizen, they use those lists? That's how it works here.
edited 9th Nov '12 3:09:05 PM by MidnightRambler
Mache dich, mein Herze, rein...@ QM: I doubt we'd invade them unless they pulled some questionable shit that could logically endanger US citizens. It's one thing to do something across the ocean on another continent, but invading any part of Canada is another kettle of fish entirely.
That and if separatism happens, it's much more like to be a legal and peaceful one when speaking of Canada. In the sense that it's more likely to be done democratically, anyway. Mexico.... separatism isn't the problem with Mexico, but I don't think we're likely to invade them any time soon either.
@Grizz: You know the stereotype I'm talking about.
@Midnight: Not really. Notifying the government when you move is usually voluntary. They can track you down if it's really needed, but that's really difficult for them.
edited 9th Nov '12 3:10:46 PM by DrunkGirlfriend
"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Hmmm... check a load of this, then: The Electoral Registers
. I guess Brits are freaky.
Heck, any Euro is.
edited 9th Nov '12 3:14:22 PM by Euodiachloris

To be fair, grizzly, what was likely meant is more "the average rural youth has no fucking idea how life in an inner city setting is, which makes it extremely hard to them to understand why democratic strongholds in cities feel the way they do politically about republican ideals of self-reliance and pulling yourself up by the bootstraps".
I mean really, if theres one thing that poisons any discourse, its that the middle class or upper cllass white, or tyhe rural voter, has absolutely nothing in common with a lower middle class or poor city voter in their circumstances and opportunities.
edited 9th Nov '12 2:41:49 PM by Midgetsnowman