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.
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
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