<quote name="Dan Stovall" date="Wed, 18 Jun 2008 at 14:44 -0600"> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Steven Alligood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unless, of course, your voting of your ideals results in them being taken > > away. > > Ideals are given up, they can't be taken away. Perhaps you mean > "rights". That is a stickier issue of course, I would argue that both > candidates we have to choose from pose a real threat of taking away > rights. So then, who should I vote for? The one that will take away > the least rights, or the rights I care about least? Because they are > all pretty precious to me, even the ones that I don't exercise on a > regular basis. > > > The only way to fix the current system is from within. If you vote for > > someone who has no chance of winning, you are doing nothing to make this a > > better country; you're just complaining, but unwilling to help. > > > If you vote for someone who has no chance of winning, you have no right to > > complain about the winner, because you did not take the opportunity given > > you to effect the outcome. > > Tell that to Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison. There are > other ways to change the system. I am not one to advocate bloody > revolution. But the options you want to limit people to are what lead > to revolutions. I hate having to choose between a douche and a turd > sandwich over and over. Therefore I go with option C that I research > and find that I agree with enough to earn my vote. And then you blame > people like me for the fact that you keep choosing a douche or a turd > sandwich? Are you crazy? I absolutely have the right to complain > about the policies of a politician whether or not I voted for them or > their primary opponent, or a 3rd party candidate that I actually > agreed with. The 1st amendment is not limited to people that vote > Democrat or Republican. I am sorry if this sounds angry, but your > arrogance makes my blood boil.
Kudos! Well said! Von Fugal
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