>
> On Jun 13, 2007, at 6:37 AM, Tony Smith wrote:
>
>>> Or just get involved -- only 49% of eligible voters in the U.S.
>>> actually participated in the last election.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nate Duehr
>>> nate@natetech.com
>>
>> The 49% who did not vote did indeed participate.
>> They showed that they do not accept the "mob rule" component
>> of majority voting.  They did not participate in a
>> mis-defined system of government.
>> Cedric
>
>
> Sure, 'don't care' is a perfectly valid position.  25% pro-Bush +  
> 50% don't
> care = 75% happy with the status quo.
>
> Consider what would happen if you polled the world on 'Star Wars'  
> vs 'Star
> Trek':
>
> Star Wars - 1%
> Star Trek - 1%
> Star huh? - 98% with "Bloody nerds, sod off and get back in your  
> basement."
>
> How is that any different to politics?  Besides, what happens if  
> the 49% who
> don't vote don't agree with your views?
>
> Tony

Tony, your style of discussion kills me.  ( not literally )  I think  
you have a habit of defining things in a manner that creates a  
strawman and then you bash the strawman down.  Not voting is not  
necessarily a " don't care".  In my case it is a "none of the above  
are satisfactory".

25% Bush and 50% no vote and 25% whoever means to me that 75% did not  
vote for Bush.

It is true that I do not like voting in any case since 95% of the  
voters can vote to rip-off the other 5%.  There are better forms of  
government than the democracy that exists in the USA.
Cedric
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