You can’t ban things just because they are annoying
February 10, 2008 | Filed Under The Chaser
Written by The Shot
A lot of things annoy me.
Rubber-neckers. Crying babies. Guys that pop their collars. People who wear their Bluetooth on their ear even when they aren’t on the phone. Drivers who drive in the left lane on the interstate. It’s for passing, okay…why can’t you get that?
Robocalls are annoying too. But guess what folks? We can’t just go banning things because they are annoying. Michael Smith, who we gave props to earlier this week, today published an op-ed stating that we should ban robocalls. What next Michael, signs that say “leave your crying baby at the door?”
If you don’t like robocalls, you can do something about it. You can move to Cuba.
That’s right, move to Cuba, where Fidel Castro has run a dictatorship for nearly 50 years. It’s not that far away. If you start at Key West you can practically swim there or float on a refrigerator door. In Cuba you don’t have to worry about robocalls. In fact, you don’t have to worry about those annoying elections at all.
Here’s the deal folks. We live in a sad nation. We have the best form of government in the world and 18-year-old boys who have never even had a sip of beer (another conversation we should have later) are dying on foreign lands for our right to pick our leaders. But many don’t participate in the process and candidates are forced to use every annoying mean necessary to drive people to the polls and/or deliver a message.
It would be nice if every American would do their civil duty, inform himself or herself about the candidate, and vote. But they don’t and that sucks, so we just need to suck it up and deal with the annoying robocalls, door knockers, signs, and television ads.
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My question is, if direct mail is the “dry hump of marketing,” then what are robocalls?
We have the best form of government in the world? One which gives everyone, even the most clueless and the least virtuous, the right to vote… One which relies upon robocalls to educate its voters?
A homeless beggar’s opinion is given equal weight to that of a church going, hard working, educated, family man. Come on…
Robocalls won’t educate voters. If you want educated voters, make potential voters answer questions before voting, else accept that you’re a part of a joke of a political process.
Frank - we aren’t saying that our government “relies” on robocalls. We’re saying that because people don’t pay attention to the process, candidates must rely on annoying means to get their message out.
The well-known might have an unfair advantage, but at the same time those robocalls probably encourage and remind the apathetic and ignorant to vote. And I bet they tend to vote left wing. I wonder too how honest the robocalls are - the same goes for advertising in general. If it’s truly beneficial to the state then it’s good, but I have my doubts.
The main reason I don’t like them is they’re annoying, though I’m on the do not call list. There’s a youtube video on this that’s pretty funny; I’ll see if I can’t post it in a bit, though I probably first saw it here…
Hey Frank I think they tried that already…it was called Jim Crowe Laws and designed to keep black folks from voting.
Geez, how about only white men who own property being aloud to vote. Wait, did that too.
Ah, the good ‘ole days.
That’s the problem… every good solution is deemed “racist.” By that I don’t mean blacks oughtn’t vote but that we ought to return somewhat to that. If you like I can go into detail regarding my ideal solutions, but they’ve less than no chance at passing.
The school system is the same way: promote the smartest, and oh Lord, the blacks get left out. So, South Carolina sits at the bottom of the school system and rots.
I mean return somewhat to voter testing and other requirements for voting registration. I’d also like to see a higher voting age requirement.