5th May 2011
With the AV referendum taking place today many thousands of recently turned 18 year olds have traipsed along to their local polling station to vote for whether they want the voting system known affectionately as AV (sounds more like an STI than a voting system but it's their choice of acronym not mine).
Unable to vote on the matter as I have not reached their required maturity as yet, I can’t help but think what choice I would have made. Having an unconditional hatred of the Daily Mail, Sun and several other Red Tops has swayed me quite considerably towards "YES", as I would vote just to defy them.
However the ridiculous Information on the Subject (Propaganda) from their officials has me thinking that the complaints over the cost of instigating AV instead of spending it on babies is a bit hypocritical. Especially seeing as the cost of the Info (propaganda) would probably cover the treatment of a fair few of the "imperiled newborns" mentioned in today’s Daily Mail. This further strengthens my contempt towards the "NO" promoters, not to say that the "YES" advocates didn't do it but like the newspapers I am apparently allowed a political bias so fuck the equalling side of my disquisition.
The attempt to use well known sporting figures to appeal to the masses is of particular loathing. The line "In sport you either win or you lose" has been printed so many times recently that the L,O,S and E keys have had to be replaced in over 70% of the Sun's company laptops. Ok that statistic was made up but I wouldn't be surprised if it were true and seeing as the Sun has license to fuck with stats I thought I would repay the favour.
The worst of the teens though almost definitely have to be the "influencers". Those that know little of the actual politics and convince their fellow 18 year olds to follow suit because they know best. For people who either don't know or don't give a fuck just don't vote. For those that influence others you are pretty much compromising the moral factor of voting and we know how that turned out last time. If it wasn't inferred in the previous sentence yes influencers I am accusing you of causing the next Gulf War.
"AV caused the Holocaust" - Paul Dacre Editor of the Daily Mail
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