One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
The drug plans our seniors choose will define their health care options for years to come. If they do not make a decision and wait until the May 15 deadline passes they will face penalties and higher prices for the drugs that they need.
Cats know how to obtain food without labor shelter without confinement and love without penalties.
I don't think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There's always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.
I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother you know leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that to have that kind of impact.