FZR1KG wrote:
Pretty sure you have me mixed up with SFC.
I've always been the one that said, "Don't vote. You'll only encourage the bastards".
I haven't voted in about 20 years and it's compulsory to vote in Oz. I am risking fines and possible jail time by not doing so but it's highly unlikely for the latter.
She voted and still does though she did at one point debate if she should or not but she has been voting against the tea party for a while now.
In any case, no need to appologise to me or her. You do what you think/feel is right and we do the same.
If I get arrested for not voting I won't pay the fine and I'll go to prison. Then I'll make the statement that I escaped a communist country so we would not be political prisoners and yet it's Australia that made me into one. We'll see how that goes down. lol
They had it right. I remember this. A couple of years ago, I got very, very frustrated, and I thought for awhile that I wouldn't bother voting because I was disillusioned with Obama.
However, geonuc has crystallized it way better than I did.
capitulation to the forces of evil. I am defeated.
And I no longer hate Obama. I sincerely believe that he got in there and found out that it's impossible to bring real change with the current state of those with money running everything. I appreciate brite's perspective on this, but I honestly think she is tilting at windmills.
I am sincerely grateful that I am escaping this country, and saying that really breaks my heart. I'm not being the least bit flippant. I find myself reading loads of post-apocalyptic young adult fiction these days, and I'm sadly finding them quite believable.
For the record, I hope brite proves us all wrong. But I think I can have more impact on this country by writing stories... from somewhere else. *sigh*
Oh - and no one owes me an apology. I love that we have different views here. Forces us to really think about what we believe and either change or really be able to communicate our beliefs more effectively.