Grendel wrote on Sep 17
th, 2017 at 10:40am:
Is this to-ing and fro-ong every 3 years what you want? Is that what you consider good governance?
Both parliaments are legitimate, aren't they?
That won't happen. Surveys show that there is around 55% support for ssm with about 20% undecided.
Does this mean that the government postal survey will yeild the same result?
No it doesn't.
Whilst the "yes" camp have to present a case for why you should vote yes. All the "No" camp have to do is convince you
not to vote yes. Convincing someone
not to vote yes is a much easier thing to do as our track record of failed referendums have shown.
So now we see the "no" camp bringing up various red herrings and distrations. Claiming the victim status, claiming they are being bullied, the absurd claim that ssm will result in the end of civilisation. There are also many people sympathetic to the ssm cause who are already sick and tired of the media debate.
Tony Abbott knew all this when he proposed the plebisite and he knew it was the best way to derail the whole campaign.
My prediction is that the "no" camp will win.
I will be boycotting the survey