Woman Fined for Registering Cows As Voters - NYT 2/20/04

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But doesn't Srila Prabhupada says that cows are as important as

citizens?.....

 

:-)

 

Woman Fined for Registering Cows As Voters

 

February 20, 2004

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

 

 

Filed at 3:41 p.m. ET

 

LONDON (AP) -- Brenda Gould is in trouble again for

registering her cows as voters.

 

For a second year, the woman from Newmarket, near Cambridge

in eastern England, has listed two names on the

registration form who turned out to be cows, East

Cambridgeshire District Council reported.

 

The previous year, in addition to registering two cows as

``Henry and Sophie Bull,'' she listed ``Jake Woofles,''

later found to be a dog, as eligible to vote, the council

said.

 

This year she indicated her property had been split in two

and that she lived on one part and two other people lived

on the other, the council reported. In fact, the others

listed were her cows, the council said.

 

Gould, who has said she put the names down as a joke,

failed to appear at Ely Magistrates Court on Tuesday. She

was convicted in her absence and ordered to pay a $189 fine

and $208 in costs.

 

``This was the second time that Mrs. Gould had given false

information on electoral forms and so, regrettably, the

council felt it was necessary to take action,'' said Maggie

Camp, the council's senior legal assistant.

 

Gould said she and her husband Barry put the names down as

a joke because they had been irritated when the council

addressed a letter to the occupants of their barn.

 

``We just thought they were being stupid. So my husband

said, 'if they want to know who's living in the barn we'll

tell them.' So we did. We didn't tell any lies. We just put

down the names of the animals.

 

``It was a joke that's all gone a bit haywire, really. We

never thought it would come to this,'' she said. ``I don't

suppose we'll be doing it again.''

 

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Bovine-Voters.html?ex=10783117

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Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.22 -- Hawaii, January 18, 1974

Here we see Maharaja Pariksit, as soon as he saw that a cow was being

attempted to be killed, immediately he took his sword..., "What are you,

nonsense?

You are killing my citizen." This is good government. This is good government.

Why the cow is not national? He's also, she's also born in the land; so she's

as important a national as you are. Krsna has given her the grass to eat. She's

 

not interfere, interfering with your food. Why? What right you have got to

kill? You have got your own food. The cow has got the grass for her food. You

have got food grains. You have got... Cow is giving you milk, just to give her

protection, that "You take my blood, turn into milk. Please do not kill me." So

 

why these things are happening? Because there is rascal government. Kalina

upasrstan. Rascal government. So one should lament that this, "We are under

this

rascal government, under the rascal guru, rascal father. But who are meant

for giving protection, they are all rascals. This is our position." This is

called Kali-yuga. This is Kali-yuga.

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Dasgopal (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

 

>Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.22 -- Hawaii, January 18, 1974

>Here we see Maharaja Pariksit, as soon as he saw that a cow was being

>attempted to be killed, immediately he took his sword..., "What are you,

>nonsense?

>You are killing my citizen." This is good government. This is good government.

 

>Why the cow is not national? He's also, she's also born in the land; so she's

>as important a national as you are.

>

And I'm sure her vote would be just as intelligent as most of the rest

of them!

 

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