Comments on: Fafblog on the Iraq elections http://boingboing.net/2010/03/08/fafblog-on-the-iraq.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 12:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: failix http://boingboing.net/2010/03/08/fafblog-on-the-iraq.html#comment-730959 failix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-730959 I'm sorry but that's just one of the least funny and most stupid anti-war satire I've ever read. I’m sorry but that’s just one of the least funny and most stupid anti-war satire I’ve ever read.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/08/fafblog-on-the-iraq.html#comment-731002 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731002 Lame. Real lame. Millions of Iraqis risked their lives and voted. Maybe they only did that because they felt that voting would be better than not voting. But they felt that strongly enough to risk their lives and vote, and for that they deserve respect. Fafblog should have found a better target here. Lame. Real lame. Millions of Iraqis risked their lives and voted. Maybe they only did that because they felt that voting would be better than not voting. But they felt that strongly enough to risk their lives and vote, and for that they deserve respect. Fafblog should have found a better target here.

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2010/03/08/fafblog-on-the-iraq.html#comment-731064 Nadreck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731064 In some ways better elections than we have in Canada: - The turnout rate is higher despite the greater difficulty in getting to the polls alive. - They get a proportional voting system instead of the crappy first-past-the-post system - There are so many international observers and auditors that the fraud rate is probably lower. I speak as a returning officer in the last three elections. Plus, when their government has a problem they don't get to dissolve parliament to go and watch the Olympics. We can only dream of a cool system like that! In some ways better elections than we have in Canada:

- The turnout rate is higher despite the greater difficulty in getting to the polls alive.
- They get a proportional voting system instead of the crappy first-past-the-post system
- There are so many international observers and auditors that the fraud rate is probably lower. I speak as a returning officer in the last three elections.

Plus, when their government has a problem they don’t get to dissolve parliament to go and watch the Olympics. We can only dream of a cool system like that!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/08/fafblog-on-the-iraq.html#comment-730834 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-730834 That has got to be the dumbest thing I have read today, but I guess its early still. Way to trivialize and tear down something that is actually kind of cool. That has got to be the dumbest thing I have read today, but I guess its early still. Way to trivialize and tear down something that is actually kind of cool.

]]> By: cabalo'a http://boingboing.net/2010/03/08/fafblog-on-the-iraq.html#comment-730846 cabalo'a Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-730846 It would have been better if it was funny. Or satirical. It would have been better if it was funny. Or satirical.

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