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Civic Duties - How Many?
Nov 15^th, 2018 at 12:40pm

How many civic duties can you think of, and will politicians be included in your idea of "Civic Duties"?

Let me list a few civic duties ...

Dobbing in a drug dealer

Notifying Police if you see something suspicious

Notifying Police if you see someone stealing

Helping to save someones life

How many other voluntary civic duties are there that you know about and would perform if you were willing to?

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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Civic Duties - How Many? Reply #1 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 1:04pm In public parks, and gardens, I will pick up discarded McDonald's trash and the like, and stick it in the bin instead of waiting for a council worker to do it.
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Laugh till you cry Gold Member Offline Posts: 13879 In your happy place Gender:	Re: Civic Duties - How Many? Reply #2 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 1:34pm issuevoter wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 1:04pm: In public parks, and gardens, I will pick up discarded McDonald's trash and the like, and stick it in the bin instead of waiting for a council worker to do it. Do you do house calls?
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Reply #3 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 1:39pm

issuevoter wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 1:04pm:

In public parks, and gardens, I will pick up discarded McDonald's trash and the like, and stick it in the bin instead of waiting for a council worker to do it.

Good one

I remove storm debris and rocks from roads, but if there's heavy tree branches, I take photos and notify the Council by email.

Whether the Council reacted quickly to one incident I emailed them about some time ago, or other civic minded people voluntarily removed the heavy branch I don't know because the Council hasn't answered any of my emails about anything yet over the years I've been in the bush

The Council could at least be civil in return by sending me a few words like: "Thank you for your concern, when time permits, Council will remove the branch", and in a timely manner

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Reply #4 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:16pm

Bias_2012 wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 1:39pm:

issuevoter wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 1:04pm:

In public parks, and gardens, I will pick up discarded McDonald's trash and the like, and stick it in the bin instead of waiting for a council worker to do it.

Good one

I remove storm debris and rocks from roads, but if there's heavy tree branches, I take photos and notify the Council by email.

Whether the Council reacted quickly to one incident I emailed them about some time ago, or other civic minded people voluntarily removed the heavy branch I don't know because the Council hasn't answered any of my emails about anything yet over the years I've been in the bush

The Council could at least be civil in return by sending me a few words like: "Thank you for your concern, when time permits, Council will remove the branch", and in a timely manner

Councils only interest in citizens is their rate payments. All else intereferes with their enjoyment of life.

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Reply #5 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:51pm

Laugh till you cry wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:16pm:

Councils only interest in citizens is their rate payments. All else intereferes with their enjoyment of life.

Yes well, my clever use of: "and will politicians be included in your idea of "Civic Duties"? (politicians who make decisions for Councils in this case) was to take care of that in this discussion numbskull

Your logic: Politicians and Councils are not required to be civil

And we all know what your civic duties are, annoy the hell out of people till the day you kark it

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Re: Civic Duties - How Many?
Reply #6 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 3:04pm

Bias_2012 wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:51pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:16pm:

Councils only interest in citizens is their rate payments. All else intereferes with their enjoyment of life.

Yes well, my clever use of: "and will politicians be included in your idea of "Civic Duties"? (politicians who make decisions for Councils in this case) was to take care of that in this discussion numbskull

Your logic: Politicians and Councils are not required to be civil

And we all know what your civic duties are, annoy the hell out of people till the day you kark it

Which council do you work for? Wait a minute, I mean which council pays you for your attendance at their premises?

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The_Barnacle Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6205 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Civic Duties - How Many? Reply #7 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 3:36pm So is this a virtue signalling thread?
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Bias_2012 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10310 Gender:	Re: Civic Duties - How Many? Reply #8 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 8:58pm The_Barnacle wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 3:36pm: So is this a virtue signalling thread? Nope, it's inquiring how many different voluntary civic duties there are Here's another two ... Volunteer bushfire fighting Volunteer charity worker
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Bias_2012 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10310 Gender:	Re: Civic Duties - How Many? Reply #9 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 10:15pm Another ... Volunteering to assist fund-raising for worthwhile causes within your suburb or town (Freely giving a donation to a good cause in your local community could also be considered as fulfilling a civic duty)
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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Civic Duties - How Many? Reply #10 - Nov 16^th, 2018 at 6:15am Here's a selfish one. I donate to Wikipedia once a year.
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The_Barnacle Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6205 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Civic Duties - How Many? Reply #11 - Nov 16^th, 2018 at 3:07pm Bias_2012 wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 8:58pm: voluntary civic duties That's actually an oxymoron Civic Duties are compulsory, such as voting, jury duty and paying taxes
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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Civic Duties - How Many? Reply #12 - Nov 17^th, 2018 at 5:29pm The_Barnacle wrote on Nov 16^th, 2018 at 3:07pm: Bias_2012 wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 8:58pm: voluntary civic duties That's actually an oxymoron Civic Duties are compulsory, such as voting, jury duty and paying taxes I don't know about that. He did not use capitals, which could be read as unofficial.
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Re: Civic Duties - How Many?
Reply #13 - Nov 18^th, 2018 at 4:09pm

The_Barnacle wrote on Nov 16^th, 2018 at 3:07pm:

Bias_2012 wrote on Nov 15^th, 2018 at 8:58pm:

voluntary civic duties

That's actually an oxymoron

Civic Duties are compulsory, such as voting, jury duty and paying taxes

Yes, I could change "duty" to "responsibility" which means much the same, so I'll leave it as "duty" and continue to type it with a lower case "d"

The idea was that we should all have a sense of being civil in a given society.

Leaving a house trashed after renting it is not being civil. Those people lack a sense of civic duty

I always went to great pains to leave the house or flat I was renting in good condition before collecting my bond. I had good family up-bringing examples to learn from when young. We were poor, but that was no excuse to be unclean or untidy

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Bias_2012 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10310 Gender:	Re: Civic Duties - How Many? Reply #14 - Nov 18^th, 2018 at 4:26pm The great champion of civic "duty" was of course - Ian Kiernan of Clean up Australia fame, a volunteer I admired immensely and still do. We should all follow in his footsteps, better still, don't litter or dump stuff where it shouldn't be dumped in the first place
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