Catherine Grace Mitchell will be 18 months old at 1949 hours tonight. My mate, who wasn't my mate this afternoon. Well, she was, but I don't think she like me much for a few moments this afternoon. See she decided to test the waters of disobedience. She did the same as her grandparents. They were told "Don't Touch". They did, she did. And, like them, the consequences were immediate. Her backside stung. And she cried. It wasn't as though she doesn't understand "Don't Touch", because she does. In fact she is a very well trained young lady. But, for some reason she had a baby moment. You know, a bit like senior moment, or a female thing. Call it what you want. It's when you do something but can't for the life of you explain why you did what you did. We all have those.
I am anti-abortion. I am also anti-execution. They are both legalised forms of murder. There is no excuse for either. The Victorian state government is currently updating the abortion law. I have written to my local member. He is the local labour member. And a good one at that. But I think he and I disagree on the whole abortion thing. I got one answer to my letter. I think it was a standard form letter which outlined the party policy and thinking. It did state that the members would be allowed as conscience vote. I don't now how Alistair Harkness will vote. I can only make my views known and pray. Not necessarily in that order.
Why did I mention that? Coz it in two blogs that I read. Look here and here. I did learn one interesting fact in reading those two blogs. Apparently, in that bastion of democracy, the good old US of A, when one registers to be on the electoral role one must state which party one supports? Hang on a minute. How is that democratic? As if I am going to tell some idiot which party I support. It's none of his business. But this is the good old US of A that we are talking about. Democracy American style. When is a democracy not a democracy? When you tell some idiot, who should mind his business, which party you support.
Mind you, I will give them this, they are consistent. They treat their own they way the treat the rest of the world. It's their way or the highway. If you don't agree with the USA your wrong. Don't believe me? Have a look at their foreign policy and they way they handle the rest of the world. I'll get off that soap box.
How did I get there? Oh, yes, I remember now. It was regarding single issue voting. Would I vote for a candidate based on his views on a single issue. No. I wouldn't. Take Mr Harkness for instance. Maybe he will, and maybe he wont vote for the current bill before parliament. But to me he is more than one issue. He is many. The abortion bill is just one issue. Big, yes. Passionate? Yes, am at least. I think it's murder. But it is one issue among many. What would I do. I already did. I wrote 2 emails. He is there to represent the entire electorate, not just me. How would it be if the pro-abortionist did that. It would be a bit like throwing out the baby with the bath water.
How do I vote? Well, here in the Land Down Under we have two houses of parliament. The Upper and the Lower. The Lower is the government and the upper is the house of review. Bills that have passed in the lower house are sent top the Senate, or upper house, for review and to ratify. In the House of Representatives, the lower house, I vote for who ever I think will do the best job and represent the electorate the best. Unfortunately we have a party political system here in Oz. The party with the most elected members, governs. The other is the opposition. Unfortunately, although good, it doesn't always work well. Who ever is in government thinks they are right and who ever is in opposition thinks the government is wrong even if the government is right. This is OK in the lower house, but not in the Senate. Hence, in the senate, I always, without exception vote independent. My wish is that the independents will have the balance of power in the senate and we may get sensible rational debate. Maybe! Well, one can hope. It does work. A couple of years ago a very bad bit of legislation was to go through the senate. The independents, who just happen to hold the balance of power, were able to block the legislation. One for common sense.
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