> Here's a little story: this week I learned that one of our valuable > security doctoral candidates doesn't vote, and doesn't want to learn > about or discuss politics and the political implications of what she does.
Sounds very sensible to me. Leave the voting to those who care. One of my peeves about Australia is that voting is compulsory here. Quite apart from enforced voting being an infringement of my civil right, the problem is that most people do not even know who is standing for election from their electorate, far less care what their policies are. As a result the great unwashed turn up and tick boxes at random. One rightwing politician used this recently to register 30 fake minor parties ( Gay and Lesbian Party, Marihuana party, Save the Forests Party etc ) and then directed the preferences of these parties to himself. This enabled him to get elected to Parliment. -- natsu-gusa ya / tsuwamono-domo-ga / yume no ato summer grasses / strong ones / dreams site Summer grasses, All that remains Of soldier's dreams (Basho trans. Stryk) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]