Would you sell your vote?
Would you?
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dålif wrote...
FrozenAngel wrote...
notice that everyone is thinking that "my one vote won't count anyway", but when everyone thinks like that... well, do the calculations yourself.That your one vote is significant is a delusion, when the delusion is shared by everyone it becomes reality, and thus those who do not consider their votes important would be the deluded ones.
Or you can just remain sane and stay far far away from democracy.
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First off, any American who doesn't vote better keep their mouth fucking shut after the election when whoever wins starts pissing them off. I'll put it as simply as possible, if you don't take part in the decision making process, you have no right to complain about the results. I don't like either candidate, but I'm still gonna vote. The chance of a third party winning, with all the attention that the election is getting, is very low, but you still have that option.
I'm not the biggest Obama fan, but he's not stupid. He's got his flaws, but he's not gonna leave his ass hanging in the wind, he'll choose suitable advisers. I don't have any clue what McCain has in store for America if he wins and to be absolutely honest, I don't want to find out. If you want to survive a game of Russian roulette, you play with one bullet not a loaded gun. I'm willing to gamble on Obama. Even if McCain doesn't fuck us over too bad, but he is old and he might die in office, I don't know how else to put it. If that happens, Palin is going to be president and even though I'm a gambler, I'm not fucking stupid.
I'm not the biggest Obama fan, but he's not stupid. He's got his flaws, but he's not gonna leave his ass hanging in the wind, he'll choose suitable advisers. I don't have any clue what McCain has in store for America if he wins and to be absolutely honest, I don't want to find out. If you want to survive a game of Russian roulette, you play with one bullet not a loaded gun. I'm willing to gamble on Obama. Even if McCain doesn't fuck us over too bad, but he is old and he might die in office, I don't know how else to put it. If that happens, Palin is going to be president and even though I'm a gambler, I'm not fucking stupid.
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The Jesus wrote...
First off, any American who doesn't vote better keep their mouth fucking shut after the election when whoever wins starts pissing them off. I'll put it as simply as possible, if you don't take part in the decision making process, you have no right to complain about the results. I don't like either candidate, but I'm still gonna vote. The chance of a third party winning, with all the attention that the election is getting, is very low, but you still have that option.Quoted for Truthery!
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No, your vote is something that's uniquely your own, it's not something that should be thrown away.
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The Jesus wrote...
First off, any American who doesn't vote better keep their mouth fucking shut after the election when whoever wins starts pissing them off. I'll put it as simply as possible, if you don't take part in the decision making process, you have no right to complain about the results. I don't like either candidate, but I'm still gonna vote. The chance of a third party winning, with all the attention that the election is getting, is very low, but you still have that option.Not to be ragging on you, it's nothing personal, but I've always had a problem with this idea, that if you don't vote, you have no right to complain. Everyone always has a right to complain, when you're in a large society like ours. If you're in a little village with two dozen people, then yeah, you never have any right to complain if you don't involve yourself, but when there's so many people. Ugh, I'm rambling.
Let me put it this way: There are a lot of states that definitely go one way in the election. New York, for instance, will go Democrat, and Texas will go Republican. So, if you're a Democrat in Texas, and you don't vote in this election, I don't think you should be punished. That person can complain. Realistically, their vote didn't count worth much. Even if every Democrat voted for Obama in Texas, the state would still go to McCain!
But really, what bugs me about it is, just because a person isn't involved, then he can't complain one bit? If I don't have any children, does that mean that I have no right to judge a person's child-rearing abilities? Does that mean that, simply because I have no children, I cannot see a mother smack her son across the face repeatedly and say anything bad about her?
Now, I think voting is very important, for all sorts of reasons, but saying that if a person doesn't vote, he has no right to complain, that just bugs me. Not a lot, but I'm tired, and I felt like saying something right now. Above and beyond all else, I think people should vote, even if they just write in Ralph Wiggum. Hell, that'd be awesome. But a lot of people don't have faith in the whole election process, what with the electoral college and all that, and I can't say they're horrible people just because they don't vote. If you're living in a country run by a shitty president, you have a right to complain, no matter what. Besides, a president who seems good could turn to complete shit after a year or two in office. The people who voted for him still have a right to complain.
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ShaggyJebus wrote...
Not to be ragging on you, it's nothing personal, but I've always had a problem with this idea, that if you don't vote, you have no right to complain. Everyone always has a right to complain, when you're in a large society like ours. If you're in a little village with two dozen people, then yeah, you never have any right to complain if you don't involve yourself, but when there's so many people. Ugh, I'm rambling.Let me put it this way: There are a lot of states that definitely go one way in the election. New York, for instance, will go Democrat, and Texas will go Republican. So, if you're a Democrat in Texas, and you don't vote in this election, I don't think you should be punished. That person can complain. Realistically, their vote didn't count worth much. Even if every Democrat voted for Obama in Texas, the state would still go to McCain!
But really, what bugs me about it is, just because a person isn't involved, then he can't complain one bit? If I don't have any children, does that mean that I have no right to judge a person's child-rearing abilities? Does that mean that, simply because I have no children, I cannot see a mother smack her son across the face repeatedly and say anything bad about her?
Now, I think voting is very important, for all sorts of reasons, but saying that if a person doesn't vote, he has no right to complain, that just bugs me. Not a lot, but I'm tired, and I felt like saying something right now. Above and beyond all else, I think people should vote, even if they just write in Ralph Wiggum. Hell, that'd be awesome. But a lot of people don't have faith in the whole election process, what with the electoral college and all that, and I can't say they're horrible people just because they don't vote. If you're living in a country run by a shitty president, you have a right to complain, no matter what. Besides, a president who seems good could turn to complete shit after a year or two in office. The people who voted for him still have a right to complain.
They choose to remain silent during the election. So they should remain silent after the election. So why should they get to complain when the opponent wins? If you support Obama and you don't vote for him. I can't see why you should be allowed to complain if he doesn't win. The "My state votes the opposite of my stance so I'm not going to vote anyways" is a defeatist outlook on things. People died to give you the freedom we take for granted everyday. The least you can do to repay their sacrifices is to pull a damn lever in a voting booth.
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What if you were to young to vote in the election, but were old enough to pay attention to politics?
This is the first election I'm old enough for. Now, I personally haven't really been complaining, just because I don't care enough to anoy myself by being whiney. But a lot of kids I know complain a lot about Bush.
Also, I would sell my vote pretty cheap. I'm poor and don't really care about what happens to the country.
This is the first election I'm old enough for. Now, I personally haven't really been complaining, just because I don't care enough to anoy myself by being whiney. But a lot of kids I know complain a lot about Bush.
Also, I would sell my vote pretty cheap. I'm poor and don't really care about what happens to the country.