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The greatest part of being an American is giving the impression of not
caring. People of the world call us "unpatriotic". But that really isn't
true. Just look at the populous during a situation of crisis such as the
Persian Gulf War, WWII, and even Vietnam. During these events patriotism
flowed, and the freedoms we enjoy in this country were shown, whether you
agreed with what is going on or not.
You see, in America, we can criticize our system (and do), but we all know
it's the best game in town. Arrogant? Maybe, or maybe just a proud
American. Regardless of the faults. I have traveled extensively, and you
know? There is no where I would rather live.
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tamar Herzberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 9:23 AM
Subject: {W&P} Aussie Rules (and the American system)
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> Dear members,
>
> First, seasons greetings.
>
> Second, yeah, every system is better than the current
> American one, and Im saying that as an outside
> observer.
>
> I am not referring to the Electoral College (although
> personally I think its an outdated system: the reason
> for this system was in 18th and 19th century, when
> people voted "uninformed". It strikes the rest of the
> world as pretty weird that Al Gore took the popular
> vote, and George Bush won by a margin of few hundreds
> Floridans).
>
> I am not even referring to the voting machines;
> pregnant chads, etc. (At least I learned a new word -
> I always thought Chad to be one of the poorest
> countries in Africa).
>
> I am talking about voter registration. I realise that
> the solution of letting "everybody" vote is not easy
> and can open a can of worms and rigged votes. However,
> Americans should question this system, if only 50% of
> the voters turned up (by the way, speaking of Aussie
> Rules - they have mandatory voting). The ones who
> don't registrate: the poor, the minorities, and the
> young (mostly college students who live outside their
> home state). Isn't it a bit of a shame? I don't know
> of any other democracy where people don't care who
> their leader will be.
>
> In any case, Maree sees the problems with Australian
> system (the system is called syngle transferrable
> vote), becamse she lives there, but comparing it to
> the US, or many other countries, it is better.
>
> I won't talk about the system here, because it's pure
> crap (or am I forbidden to use this language?) -
> evidently we can't keep a government more than a year
> or so.
>
> Tamar
>
>
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