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twesterm on 03 November 2008
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SamuelRSmith said:
twesterm said:
SamuelRSmith said:
People died for the right to vote, and you can't be bothered? It's almost sickening.

Reminds me of that quote, goes something like "It's interesting how an American would go half way around the world to fight and kill in the name of democracy, yet they won't even go across the street to vote."

 

Would you rather I just randomly pick a candidate or pick one that someone else told me to vote for?  Are either of those really any better?

People also died for my right not to vote.

 

 Well, you've always had the right not to vote, but you may not have always have had the right to vote. Surely there's an "abstain" box on the ballot?

At the end of the day, if you feel that there is truely no one you can put a black cross against, then perhaps it's advisable that you try and get into politics and change 'em. Join a pressure group/political party, or, hell, even form one. That's what democracy, and, in particular, liberal democracy is all about - change for the better. Everyone's better.

 

I've tried to get into politics and it just pisses me off.  It's smear campaign after smear campaign on both sides arguing about things I don't give a crap about and ignoring the things I do care about (and most of this is the medias fault but whatever).

Like I said earlier, it just feels futile to me.  No matter which side wins I end up in about the same place so I really don't give a crap which side wins. 

Sure, there are things I have opinions on.  Rubang said abortion so lets talk about that one.  I personally believe it's a woman's right to choose.  I've heard that topic come up for as long as I can remember and as far as I know nothing has really changed on it.  Furthermore, I don't really care if it's legal or not because it doesn't concern me in the least.  Yeah, it probably is greedy and selfish to say that but hey, talk about that and we're back on the whole people died for me to have that right thing and you're under the impression that I should exercise that right.  Right now my wife can have abortion if she so chooses (it is both of our decisions but in the end it's really her final decision) and even if Palin somehow gets in power because McCain dies I doubt that would change in any way.

And what would going and waiting in line for 3 hours just so I could vote abstain gain me?  That way I can tell them I don't care rather than them just inferring it by me not showing up?

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And I know I opened up the whole abortion argument there but just know I'm not going to argue on that further.  This is actually pretty amazing I'm even talking about politics because I usually associate talking about politics with hitting my thumb with a hammer.

Feel free to express your opinions, I might even read them, but I'm just not going to argue for or against them.