Is the Internet's prime audience worth enfranchising?

Jaroslaw Kaczynski This man thinks the Internet is for porn watcher and beer drinkers, not voters. How 'bout you? Archiwum Kancelarii Prezydenta RP

Former prime minister of Poland Jaroslaw Kaczynski told members of his conservative party that people should not be allowed to vote online because the Internet attracts those who like to watch porn while drinking beer. Why is he talking about this? Poland is considering new schemes to get more people involved in the election process, and online voting is one possibility.

Granted, he’s not exactly the tech-loving type—apparently he doesn’t even have a cell phone. But based on his Internet theory, you have to wonder if he has attended the Broadway musical Avenue Q, and taken one of its more famous songs to heart.

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In Poland almost everyone minimally tech inclined laughs at Jaroslaw. He doesn't have cell phone, email, bank account, driver's licence...

He forgot one thing. The internet is for porn watchers, beer drinkers, and PPX players.

im with milk weed

The man has a penchant for putting his foot in his mouth, but he was basically talking about whether the democratic process should be brought down to the level of a click on a screen between a YouTube video and making an offhand remark on discussion forum. The media, especially in translation, has completely twisted his words around. For instance, he never said "the internet is for porn", though the original smacks of his trademark paranoia:

“I’m not enthusiastic about a young person sitting in front of a computer, watching videos, pornography, sipping beer from a bottle and voting when he feels like it,” he said in an interview published on his party’s website on Tuesday. “Everyone knows who has the advantage in the internet and who uses it. This is the easiest group to manipulate, to suggest to them who to vote for.”

source: www.nwe.plhttp://nwe.pl/National.php?article_id=370

we don't just watch porn and drink beer whilst online. we also smoke weed and have sex

The Internet websites show that the Internet is for votinn.
See www.ladywong.com



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