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when do you think brian cowen will be replaced

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    #32
    goldenbrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 444 ✭✭goldenbrown


    and say that he wants the Lisbon treaty to be passed and does not want to risk it being a poll on him, and off he goes, Brian Lenihen would be better, not much better, but at least he condescends to do interviews and answer hard questions


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    #33
    goldenbrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 444 ✭✭goldenbrown


    it is not about misspelin its about tiping fasst and not loking at what you rote


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    #34
    LostinBlanch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,908 ✭✭✭LostinBlanch


    P. Breathnach wrote: »
    I was responding to a post about using a vote for a wrong purpose; that is a misuse of one's democratic right. It's a form of playing silly buggers with people's welfare.

    Fair enough, but your reply was arrogant and not likely to change anyone's mind. There's enough people on here saying how some people shouldn't be allowed to vote because they vote the wrong way.

    Well that's universal suffrage for ya, everyone gets to vote and unless you're planning on campaigning to introduce some kind of voting IQ test it's not going to change. Smart comments at posters who express a view on a way they wish to vote is more likely to make them react badly and could reinforce their vote rather than changing their minds.

    Look back over the last Lisbon thread if you can bear it and see how many references there were to arrogant Yes voters telling everyone else how to vote. Now what was the result again? And think how many potential yes voters were turned off by such attitudes?

    Repeating the same mistakes is likely to produce the same results. Try some persuasion instead, it's got a better chance of working.

    FWIW I agree with you that Lisbon is too big to be mixed up with other issues, but everyone has to deal with the political realities and debating points with people is more likely to change their minds.


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