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gibingus · 06-18-2004, 09:50 AM

this trust issue is whacked.

consider this simple example.

i trust my bank, they manage to keep track of my money down to the cent, transaction after transaction. i no longer trust the electoral process - my representative democratic government's very foundation - because i learned that they think a margin of a few hundred thousand votes not counted is acceptable once every four years.

if my bank lost a few hundred thousand of my dollars and told me that was just the way it is, i would not only terminate my business relationship with them, i would sue the hell out of them.

i can not trust that my vote was counted in the last election, and that is the most FUNDAMENTAL breakdown in our government possible. it all depends upon that simple equation: one person, one vote. that is what the forefathers rebelled for. that is what our soldiers defend. that is what we cherish as american democracy when we tell other countries at gunpoint to be like us.

and that is what my government cannot guarantee.

so art, you're ok with that, generally speaking? it doesn't really matter if your voice gets counted when it matters?

anyone who trusts that kind of representation in the name of patriotism is a fool and deserves to be hauled off to jail when the narrow-minded and self-righteous deem their private acts to be unmoral and dangerous to "society."

this is a subject of national shame.

06-18-2004, 09:50 AM	#18 (permalink)
gibingus Insane Location: 38° 51' N 77° 2' W	this trust issue is whacked. consider this simple example. i trust my bank, they manage to keep track of my money down to the cent, transaction after transaction. i no longer trust the electoral process - my representative democratic government's very foundation - because i learned that they think a margin of a few hundred thousand votes not counted is acceptable once every four years. if my bank lost a few hundred thousand of my dollars and told me that was just the way it is, i would not only terminate my business relationship with them, i would sue the hell out of them. i can not trust that my vote was counted in the last election, and that is the most FUNDAMENTAL breakdown in our government possible. it all depends upon that simple equation: one person, one vote. that is what the forefathers rebelled for. that is what our soldiers defend. that is what we cherish as american democracy when we tell other countries at gunpoint to be like us. and that is what my government cannot guarantee. so art, you're ok with that, generally speaking? it doesn't really matter if your voice gets counted when it matters? anyone who trusts that kind of representation in the name of patriotism is a fool and deserves to be hauled off to jail when the narrow-minded and self-righteous deem their private acts to be unmoral and dangerous to "society." this is a subject of national shame. __________________ if everyone is thinking alike, chances are no one is thinking.