[Killietalk] Voting and red lineatus eggs

["yohoho" <yohoho at insightbb_com>]

On this note, i.e., "forced to vote".  I had the good fortune to meet a
couple from Australia earlier this year, and we exchange emails regularly
now.  Their more recent emails show a complete lack of understanding as to
how we could put up with such a system that floods our airwaves with
political ads for months, and then yields such a low voter turnout.
According to them, Australia only allows a few weeks of political
campaigning, maybe 6 if I remember correctly, and then the vote is
mandantory.  If one does not vote, they are fined something like $25.  Well,
I for one think this is a splendid pair of ideas.  First get rid of MONTHS
of TV ads, speeches, mailings, stumping across the country on fund raisers
when they should be doing the job they are being paid for, etc., and second,
get the vote to be truly a vote of the people - all the people.
Sorry for the very off-subject comment, but I thought it was an interesting
concept.
Back to killies:
I had 3 pair of red lineatus in an outdoor pond for the summer.  They are
all of the same lineage and of the same age.  I brought them inside a short
while ago and gave each pair and identical 5.5 gal tank.  One pair is
loading down the mop with eggs.  The other two pairs either are not laying
any eggs, or are eating them, but I check the mops frequently, just to see,
but no eggs!.  Any ideas?
Frank Carriglitto
AKA#08234, ChiKA, WAKO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Saunders" <fishguy5000 at hotmail_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:34 PM
Subject: [Killietalk] RE: Killietalk Digest, Vol 15, Issue 63


>
>
>  >No one has the right to force you to vote, especially someone who is
> >not a citizen of your country. Regardless of my feeling towards
> >American politics I do not have the right to tell you who to vote for
> >or even to vote at all and nor does Gary. His remark was totaly
> >irresponsible. If you do not want to vote that is your business and
> >certainly has nothing to do with this forum.
> >
> >--
> >Tyrone Genade
>
>
> Tyrone-
>
> I would not presume to speak for Gary, but I didn't read his comments as
an
> attempt to "force" anyone to vote.  He simply expressed his personal
belief
> that it is irresponsible not to vote in a national election when there is
so
> much at stake, as opposed to the relatively small stakes involved in the
> election of the BOT members of a small hobbyist organization.  Why did
this
> comment seem to offend you?  Trust me, nobody is trying to take away your
> right NOT to vote.  The powers that be like apathy just fine; it is much
> more comfortable (and profitable) for them.  It is certainly not
> "irresponsible" to encourage people to vote.
>
> I just hope Gary isn't discouraged from posting as a result of these type
of
> comments.  I personally think that Gary does just as much to encourage
> killie-keeping through his column in TFH as anybody else in this
> organization.  It is a direct result of reading his killie profiles in TFH
> that I decided to try killies for the first time, and I am one of those
> "under 30" members who are apparently in short supply.
>
> Just my opinion,
>
> Joel
>
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