Israelis Use Facebook To Deliver Poke At Democracy In Elections

[icyfroth]

Browsing through the news pages I found this interesting:

"Real Democracy initiative matches Israelis willing to 'donate' their votes to Palestinians who decide how vote should be cast"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/17/israelis-facebook-poke-democracy-elections

The initiative, called Real Democracy, has allowed hundreds of Israelis to "donate" their votes to Palestinians as a symbolic protest at what they perceive as a lack of democracy.

It matches Israeli voters who are willing to give up their vote with Palestinians who decide how – or whether – the vote should be cast. The organisers say it is "an act of civil disobedience against … the undemocratic nature of the Israeli elections … elections of a government which controls four million Palestinians without a voting right".

I'm surprised they can do that.

[love*today]

I havent heard of this Icy, thanks for posting.

i like it! Will need to learn more tmo.....

and yes facebook is a great tool with reaching every corner of the earth......a necessary tool imo

[love*today]

Civil disobedience!  I love those words 😄

[the_great_she_elephant]

I'm surprised they can do that

I don't see how they can be stopped.  Whatever promises or deals they may be suspected of making, once they come out of that polling booth and drop their paper in the ballot box,  nobody will ever be able to prove which box(es) they actually ticked, or why.

[crystal-gems]

I have also found the expression "civil disobedience" interesting since I read the great  Henry Thoreau's essay "The Duty of Civil Disobedience".

Just one quote.....

If  the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to
be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.  ~Henry David
Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobediance,

[darksideofthemoon]

"Civil Disobediance"...  well that's a new word for the French Revolution, the 100 year war in England and the War Between the States in the USA... 

Love it :^O

[icyfroth]

I'm surprised they can do that

I don't see how they can be stopped.  Whatever promises or deals they may be suspected of making, once they come out of that polling booth and drop their paper in the ballot box,  nobody will ever be able to prove which box(es) they actually ticked, or why.

yes but can't they be tracked on facebook for making the offer?