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<blockquote data-quote="soonerwings" data-source="post: 1331739" data-attributes="member: 8035">I apologize for getting off the sharia law topic that seems to be so captivating to everyone but please allow a quick sidebar.VM,Don&#039;t take this as an attack, but I found what I view to be an inconsistency of sorts in some of your logic.&nbsp; You say in your blog that requiring ID at the polls is an assumption of guilty until proven innocent, which I personally disagree with, but that&#039;s a whole other discussion.&nbsp; For the moment, let&#039;s say that you&#039;re right and that it assumes guilt.&nbsp; You further assert that you&#039;ll vote &quot;no&quot; for voter id because you believe in liberty in Oklahoma. How then could you support any measure in favor of term limits?&nbsp; Is it not the same underlying assumption?&nbsp; It seems to me that voting in favor of term limits of any form that you&#039;re either making the assumption that a.) the elected official is &quot;guilty&quot; of doing something to deserve term limits or b.) the public is &quot;guilty&quot; of negligence when voting and must need safeguards against getting the government it deserves.&nbsp; How do you reconcile these positions?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soonerwings, post: 1331739, member: 8035"] I apologize for getting off the sharia law topic that seems to be so captivating to everyone but please allow a quick sidebar. VM, Don't take this as an attack, but I found what I view to be an inconsistency of sorts in some of your logic. You say in your blog that requiring ID at the polls is an assumption of guilty until proven innocent, which I personally disagree with, but that's a whole other discussion. For the moment, let's say that you're right and that it assumes guilt. You further assert that you'll vote "no" for voter id because you believe in liberty in Oklahoma. How then could you support any measure in favor of term limits? Is it not the same underlying assumption? It seems to me that voting in favor of term limits of any form that you're either making the assumption that a.) the elected official is "guilty" of doing something to deserve term limits or b.) the public is "guilty" of negligence when voting and must need safeguards against getting the government it deserves. How do you reconcile these positions? [/QUOTE]

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