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Article #475Re: Vote
From: Darren Gudmundson
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:32
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:32
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"Ladies Choice" <LC@dinkerson.com> wrote in message news:cZUAf.90311$m05.4794@clgrps12... > In article <ivUAf.3$2D7.1@fe23.lga>, fpeditor1@hotmail.com says... >> >>If you don't vote you absolutely have no right to complain about whoever >>gets into power or anything they do or do not do. It is most unfortunate >>that that part cannot be written into law. > That statement is stupid on so many levels. First of all, complaining is > an > even less effectual way of influencing politics as voting is. If I wanted > to > influence politics, neither voting nor complaining would be a tactic I > would > choose, and neither would anyone else capable of influencing politics. On > the > other hand, If I'm not capable of influencing politics, then voting or > bitching > might be the only way I could retain some semblence of pride by pretending > that > my bitching or voting is influential. Actually, complaining and bitching is one of the more effective ways of influencing politics. When you complain to the right people, in the right way, you may not get the result that you like, but you are forcing them to consume resources. Additionally, if your complaint is rationale and valid, then the odds are that they are hearing about it from others which increases the likelyhood of your complaint being resolved.
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