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get out and VOTE!!!
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: injest on September 07, 2008, 08:24:23 am ---no. I posted your ENTIRE post....that comment was another post entirely.
the post I referenced is HERE:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,22495.msg403663.html#msg403663
and the partial post you are referencing is HERE:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,22495.msg403661.html#msg403661
--- End quote ---
OK, but what I printed was the post I was referring to when I mentioned the media.
Kerry:
Isn't healthy political debate amongst friends, in a free and open, egalitarian society, a WONDERFUL thing! :D
And though most of what you're talking about is a mystery to little ol' Aussie, me, it is still wonderful to think we can engage in such debate, when, in so very many oppressed parts of the world, one could be imprisoned, or even lose one's life, for expressing one's beliefs. :'(
CellarDweller:
I'm amazed at how some people won't vote.
I vote in each election, even if it's a small town mayoral one, or presidential.
brokeplex:
the barriers to voting in the US are not so high that non felon adults 18 or older can not vote. if people chose not to vote, then that is entirely their choice and should be respected and not chastised, or criticized.
I entirely prefer our system in the US of non compulsory voting, lets remember that in the Soviet Union they had voting participation rates of 99%, so massive voting is not necessarily a sign of a healthy society.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: brokeplex on September 07, 2008, 08:19:36 pm ---the barriers to voting in the US are not so high that non felon adults 18 or older can not vote. if people chose not to vote, then that is entirely their choice and should be respected and not chastised, or criticized.
I entirely prefer our system in the US of non compulsory voting, lets remember that in the Soviet Union they had voting participation rates of 99%, so massive voting is not necessarily a sign of a healthy society.
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I believe it should be chastized at least. It is a duty to vote. This is a country supposedly run by the people. But if its own people choose not to vote...what kind of message is that sending? I won't criticize - unless of course, people complain about the government but they didn't bother to vote. ;D
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