From: Laura and lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think voters do not vote because they do not have sufficient motivation
to do so. I would not call that apathy.
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Apathy defined via internet dictionary:
Apathy (Ap"a*thy) (#), n.; pl. Apathies (#).
[L. apathia, Gr. ¿; ¿ priv. + ¿, fr. ¿, ¿, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See
Pathos.]
Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion;
-- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a
calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or
roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The
apathy of despair." Macaulay. "A certain apathy or sluggishness in his
nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course."
Prescott. "According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the
passions by the ascendency of reason." Fleming.
^ In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to
express a contempt of earthly concerns.
The English language is a beautiful and complex thing. When all you have is
words to express an idea ,object, or opinion, you better hope your audience
understands what you mean. Thanks for all the good posts and thoughtful
insights.
Justin Eibenholzl
Armatage
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