On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:35:36 -0400, Roger Turk wrote: > Bastiaan wrote:
> .. > The older I grow, the better i understand that democracy is not like I > .. > learned at school... far from it, the less I am voting. > .. > Voting makes you an accomplice in helping a good system (democracy) > .. > going to the drain. > Not voting is a guarantee that democracy will go down the drain! > I cannot think of an election that I didn't vote in since I was 21. The same applies to me. I have not missed an election since turning 18 > I think > that the last presidential election showed the value of *everyone's* vote. > Had many of the non-voting eligible voters in Florida voted, the outcome > could have been much different, but maybe not better. > Had John McCain run for President, he would have won by a landslide. > I voted for Ralph Nader as he was, IMO, the only honest person on the > ballot. I don't believe that voting for a third-party candidate is a wasted > vote, but is a protest against the major party candidates and/or their > platforms. Voting for the "lessor of two evils" means that you are voting > for some incarnation of evil. However, I'll play 'devils advocate' and make small analogy to further the point of view expressed by Bastiaan. (for not voting) Here are 3 hypothetical actions. (and thier results) 1) vote 'left wing' 2) vote 'right wing' 3) don't vote at-all Shall we compare them to walking in a given direction ? 1) You walk left. (and you'll fall off of the 100 foot high cliff) 2) I'll walk right. (and I'll fall off of the 200 foot high cliff) 3) Had we stood both still we would not have fallen off of any cliff. -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/aqc/
