While extreme, I like some aspects of this policy. First, material on the internet is generally more informal than 'real-world' information, and by restricting candidates to brick-and-mortar campaigning has the potential to prevent the sort of ridiculously overblown campaigning we see in the US by keeping candidates more accountable for what they say. Secondly, this policy may actually help political expression. By keeping candidates off of the internet, citizens are allowed to shape the discussion, thus creating an inter-citizen dialogue instead of having one candidate preach at large groups of others. Just some thoughts.
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While extreme, I like some aspects of this policy. First, material on the internet is generally more informal than 'real-world' information, and by restricting candidates to brick-and-mortar campaigning has the potential to prevent the sort of ridiculously overblown campaigning we see in the US by keeping candidates more accountable for what they say. Secondly, this policy may actually help political expression. By keeping candidates off of the internet, citizens are allowed to shape the discussion, thus creating an inter-citizen dialogue instead of having one candidate preach at large groups of others. Just some thoughts.