Interesting Links for 07-03-2012
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andrewducker- Ken Clarke defends secret courts. I, of course, think they're an awful idea.
- 6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying
- Jews in Scotland may be disenfranchised by a Saturday vote.
Is there a reason why voting has to happen on one day? Give people a week to vote, with daily updates on the ongoing count!
- Kids born later in the year more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD
- Govt. agencies, colleges demand applicants' Facebook passwords. (And they can, frankly, fuck off)
- Dammit, I find myself largely in agreement with esr on Hollywood, piracy and the internet
- A man who informed police when he found child abuse images on his computer has not been allowed to be alone with his daughter for four months.
- How I became Amazon’s pitchman for a 55-gallon drum of personal lubricant on Facebook
- On Writers Block
- I hadn't realised that Gillian Anderson stood on a box for The X-Files
- Either be offensive, or don't be offensive. Being offensive and then pretending you weren't is just dumb.
- Rather than a mansion tax we should be sorting out council tax
- Romney vs Mr Burns - can you tell which quote belongs to which one?
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Re: Jews in Scotland may be disenfranchised by a Saturday vote.
Date: 2012-03-07 02:29 pm (UTC)If some people cannot vote if it means talking to a woman who is not clothed "modestly" then that seems a step too far to me, and I'd be saying "Feel free to hang around the polling station and hope that a man happens to be on duty soon to help you.
But making sure that we don't hold the poll entirely at a time when some people are forbidden from attendance? Seems doable.
Re: Jews in Scotland may be disenfranchised by a Saturday vote.
Date: 2012-03-07 03:03 pm (UTC)Re: Jews in Scotland may be disenfranchised by a Saturday vote.
Date: 2012-03-08 09:53 am (UTC)How much respect did you have for Sunday trading restrictions? (yes, I know Christian law is an arbitrary and inconsistent set of rules, observant Christians seem to observe just the ones they feel like, and many nominal Christians don't seem to observe any of them. Thank goodness other religions aren't like that!)
Re: Jews in Scotland may be disenfranchised by a Saturday vote.
Date: 2012-03-08 09:56 am (UTC)And I think that society has no business telling individuals when they should open their shops when it comes to religious reasons.
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Date: 2012-03-08 10:42 am (UTC)Okay, counting votes is work, but the thing about the postal vote and not letting others work seems rather difficult to justify to me, as the person who'll be doing the work hasn't signed up to the "no work" clause (or else they wouldn't be working!).
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Date: 2012-03-08 10:51 am (UTC)As "turning on a light switch" counts as work, voting may well do, you'd have to ask a Rabbi. Probably several.
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Date: 2012-03-08 11:15 am (UTC)I suspect if turning a light switch counts as work, their religious text might possibly need updating somewhat.
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Date: 2012-03-08 11:16 am (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_on_Shabbat_in_Jewish_law
also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activities_prohibited_on_Shabbat
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Date: 2012-03-08 11:21 am (UTC)I remain content being not religious.
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Date: 2012-03-08 11:23 am (UTC)