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Ban on election poster's

  • 29-08-2012 5:29pm
    #1
    CB19Kevo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭


    Has this been brought into force yet?
    The way i see it there should be one leaflet per candidate which is sent once only to each household...
    I consider these posters litter aswell as a road distraction/hazard.


Comments

  • #2
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    How would we ever decide who to vote for?


  • #3
    MarkHitide
    Closed Accounts Posts: 233 ✭✭MarkHitide


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    How would we ever decide who to vote for?
    I doubt if I have ever been swayed one way or another by the thousands of posters of mugging candidates and their trite slogans littering the the country. If I have, it would be against a candidate.


  • #4
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    They should ban them. Their wretched faces are offensive to my eyes.


  • #5
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    You'd give the likes of this up?


  • #6
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    And what about the printing industry?


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  • #7
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    And I don't see how we could live in a world without the likes of this.

    Who's going to stop them without posters to tell people!!??


  • #8
    Colmustard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭Colmustard


    I am not for this, I am for greater controls of it. They do supply a boost to the beleaguered local printing industry and therefore some well paying jobs.


  • #9
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    unfortunately it's unlikely to happen, as the government parties have the most money to spend on posters to give them an advantage over small parties/inds.
    as they say it's like getting turkeys to vote for Christmas.


  • #10
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    ban misplaced apostraphe's?


    also, is there an election happening that i was unaware of?


  • #11
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,416 ✭✭✭Archeron


    I once almost lost control of my car when I skidded on a giant wet poster of Mary Harney, so I somewhat agree.


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  • #12
    goose2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Why one leaflet per candidate? A single booklet could give each candidate 1 page, with the polling card on the back page.
    the groutch wrote: »
    unfortunately it's unlikely to happen, as the government parties have the most money to spend on posters to give them an advantage over small parties/inds.

    Not only that, but state funding is given to parties based on how many seats they have - as if Man City got 10 points to start off the Premier League season.


  • #13
    Jesus Shaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    Archeron wrote: »
    I once almost lost control of my car when I skidded on a giant wet poster of Mary Harney, so I somewhat agree.

    Giant poster:D


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