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Ustwo · 01-09-2008, 12:16 PM

I'm not sure I get this whole vote or die mentality. While I see benefit in supporting your party even if you don't like a candidate if that party supports your philosophy best, I don't see voting as anything that special of an activity. It is the RIGHT to vote that is important, not if you choose to exercise that right.

For example I have the right to bare arms, something many of you find offensive, but none the less I am allowed to arm myself with deadly firearms. I plan on doing so in the near future, but for now I do not have one. This is a right I have, which I strongly support, which I think is important, but I do not feel needs to be exercised.

Voting is much the same in that it is your ability to be able to have a voice that is important, not that you exercise it. If you feel both candidates are just as good/bad for president, or if you feel you don't know enough to vote, why should people be upset if you don't?

I think the real message with the 'you should vote!!!11one' type message is 'you should vote for the guy I like!!!11one'.

Just voting for voting sake or so you can fill a cliche like 'if you don't vote you can't complain' just doesn't make sense to me.

Oh and about that saying. Does that mean if I vote and my guy loses I'm allowed to bitch? Or if I vote and my guy wins but he turns out to suck am I allowed to bitch? If I write in Mickey Mouse can I complain?

An involved, and educated public is important for a republic like ours, but the focus should not be on voting but the education behind it. If people are informed and have a basic understanding of government you won't need to run commercials on MTV to 'rock the vote', instead treat the cause and not the symptom.

01-09-2008, 12:16 PM	#67 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	I'm not sure I get this whole vote or die mentality. While I see benefit in supporting your party even if you don't like a candidate if that party supports your philosophy best, I don't see voting as anything that special of an activity. It is the RIGHT to vote that is important, not if you choose to exercise that right. For example I have the right to bare arms, something many of you find offensive, but none the less I am allowed to arm myself with deadly firearms. I plan on doing so in the near future, but for now I do not have one. This is a right I have, which I strongly support, which I think is important, but I do not feel needs to be exercised. Voting is much the same in that it is your ability to be able to have a voice that is important, not that you exercise it. If you feel both candidates are just as good/bad for president, or if you feel you don't know enough to vote, why should people be upset if you don't? I think the real message with the 'you should vote!!!11one' type message is 'you should vote for the guy I like!!!11one'. Just voting for voting sake or so you can fill a cliche like 'if you don't vote you can't complain' just doesn't make sense to me. Oh and about that saying. Does that mean if I vote and my guy loses I'm allowed to bitch? Or if I vote and my guy wins but he turns out to suck am I allowed to bitch? If I write in Mickey Mouse can I complain? An involved, and educated public is important for a republic like ours, but the focus should not be on voting but the education behind it. If people are informed and have a basic understanding of government you won't need to run commercials on MTV to 'rock the vote', instead treat the cause and not the symptom. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.