Re: OT:Thanksgiving

On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:17:38 -0700, Howard Brazee <howard@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 17:21:28 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Should they be able to vote if they are in prison serving time?

No. Having been found guilty, losing voting rights is part of the
"punishment".
...
And if not, why not?

Hopefully, covered satisfactorily above...

It is not obvious to me that the basic Constitutional right to vote is
one that can be taken from someone as a punishment for a crime.

Taking away one's liberty protects society. Is the argument that
taking away his vote does the same thing? Or is the argument that
voting isn't an inalienable right, but one which only good people
should have?

I don't diagree with your reasoning but I believe it comes down to the
fact that voting, like driving, is a privilage. A privagle can be
taken away, like your drivers' license, for anti-social behavior.

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