Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 23:36:13 11/26/00
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On November 27, 2000 at 01:51:18, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >What is all this crap about democracy? Well, it's actually an idea that's quite old. And nice, too. You should try it sometime. >If 50,000,000 voted for Gore and an >almost equal number voted for Bush then the number of people out of 260,000,000 >who voted for either one would only be less than 20% of the population of the >USA. > Yes. The low voting percentage is a democratic problem in itself. Of course no one can force anyone to vote, but statistics seem to suggest that many american people don't care about politics at all. And if there is a smart way for politicians or the powers that be, to annull democracy, it is to lull the population into political apathy. That's why one of the important tasks of the democratic society is to assure that people are politically aware, and that they vote. >We in the USA believe in democratic principles but we live by the constitution. >If, in the future, enough people bitch and whine then that Electoral College >stipulation can be amended. It has been targeted for removal scores of times in >the past and nobody got it removed. Hmm...Conspiracy??? > Do you think? >When you vote a candidate into office do you think that he/she will always do >the "will of the people"? No! He is your elected official. He/she will act in >your best interest and we all know that is not always in "your best interest". > > What does that have to do with anything?
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