Here is what "I" am saying. We elect the best and brightest (okay, okay) to do what is best and what is right. We vote them out when we feel thay haven't done their job well enough. It is their duty to serve us by using our resources to address problems, study them and provide solutions. Not every voter has the time to carefully weigh the issues. Do I want people with half the information making decisions?

During poor weather, I take my mother out to grocery and department stores and malls so she can get out of the house and get a walk in, even if it's only for an hour. I live in Moncton, New brunswick, Canada, so this is a common occurence in the winter. I would say, on average, that on at least half of the aisles, some dumb fuck hasn't got the common sense and courtesey to allow enough space for other shoppers to pass. Do I want these people participating in referendums that affect me?

Even worse are the anti-this-or-that assholes who want to have a say in what other people do, whether or not it affects them. Do I want them making laws that affect others that are doing them no harm, except that their opinions or otherwise differ?

No. And that's my final answer.