I have not and never will agree with the attitude of "I\'ll prove a point by staying home and not voting." This does not prove anything because there is no way to track the reason you stayed home. Further more, the less people that vote, the less people it takes to swing an election. I wish there were multiple parties. Not just 2 or 3, the more the better. I wish we had 100% voter turnout every time. Most years we don\'t break 35% which is an insult to all the generations of people who died for the sole purpose of giving you that right.
Maybe it\'s just me, but I\'m probably the only person here who has read the republic here as well. As Plato said, the man upset with his government who is unwilling to step up and do a better job himself has no grounds to complain about anything the goverment does.
I learned a long time ago people will do what they want and you can\'t change peoples attitudes. Still, I will be there hanging out with the senior citizens today.
fyi, i have read the republic. i\'ve also read leviathan, the oresteia, the prince, king lear, othello, etc. i\'m not just trying to be some badass about not voting and trying to make a statement about being ignorant about politics.
so many people push you to vote because they want you to vote in their favor. it is fucking annoying and as someone who is in that 18-25 bracket, i don\'t appreciate it. i did not appreciate all of the campaigns geared at the youth during the 2004 presidential election and i don\'t like hearing from people trying to get me to vote for "their guy" now.
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For all you CT folks, Mr Joe Leiberman needs to go.
maybe the only reason people are annoyed with the fact that i am not voting today is because my vote is not going to your facistic contender. what if i said i was going to vote repub, then i\'m sure most people would have different things to say. not to say that i will always be voting for either because modern political parties have lost their original fundamentals anyway, but i know that\'s a pretty typical reaction to expect.
