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Voting A Class Requirement For Some At Drew

Posted by timothy on from the such-a-pretty-campus-too dept.

timrichardson writes "A Quaker literature professor at Drew University tried to make voting at the US Presidential elections a requirement for her English Lit class. NY Times has the story (free registration required)."

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  1. Re:This would be a good idea... by RWerp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A minor correction: don't call any brainwashed coward who blows up innocent people a martyr. Martyrs are supposed to die bravely for a just cause.

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    "Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead." (John Maynard Keynes)
  2. Re:This would be a good idea... by TheWanderingHermit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In their eyes, and the eyes of those doing the brainwashing, it is a just cause. I don't agree, and I don't feel their actions can, in any way, by any stretch of the imagination, be justified.

    One person's political movement is another person's holy war, and someone else's thorn in the side. It's a function of point of view.

    And yes, anyone too afraid to live their life for a cause instead of dying quickly to get it over with and kill others, is a coward.