BF2S Forums Not Going to Get My Vote

usmarine2005 wrote:

ShowMeTheMonkey wrote:

People died just to get to cross a piece of paper.

And I am not going to toss it away on the my 2nd or 3rd choice, because they are not as bad as the other guy.  WTF is that?

They died to give you the right to vote.  They also died to give you the right to choose not to vote.  The only thing that comes in to play here is you voice and how much it matters.  If you vote, you have a legitimate right and reason to voice an opinion.  If you choose not to vote, then you shouldn't have the gumption to complain when you don't like what your elected officials do.

The choice is yours, act accordingly.

Cougar wrote:

They died to give you the right to vote.  They also died to give you the right to choose not to vote.

Yup

usmarine2005 wrote:

Cougar wrote:

They died to give you the right to vote.  They also died to give you the right to choose not to vote.

Yup

An argument thrown up by some though is that if you don't vote (or run yourself) then you have foregone your right to complain about the way your country is run and expect others to listen. Just throwing that out there, not advocating or dismissing it.

Last edited by CameronPoe (2007-05-31 08:22:51)

Bubbalo wrote:

usmarine2005 wrote:

#1 - I vote in local elections all the time.  I have not voted for a President yet.

So, you're telling me that millions of people died so that you could decide who chose the colour of the street signs?

Wow.

Well, I don't know how things work in Australia, but having someone that can do things like change street sign color is very important.  It keeps "upper management" from having to micromanage, a.k.a. Dictatorship.

Bubbalo wrote:

usmarine2005 wrote:

#2 - You are talking about FOX ENTERTAINMENT talk shows.

Fox is an entertainment channel.

FOX News being the comedic portion.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

If you're not going to vote for a presidential candidate, you should keep your mouth shut when one you don't like gets elected. Even a vote for the "lesser of two evils" is better than a vote for the worst, or no vote at all.

I take the George Carlin appraoch to that.

usmarine2005 wrote:

I would be more than happy to vote for a President, and I want to, but not one since I was 18 made me want to vote for them.

Well Dapper Dan, maybe you should run.

Cougar wrote:

usmarine2005 wrote:

I would be more than happy to vote for a President, and I want to, but not one since I was 18 made me want to vote for them.

Well Dapper Dan, maybe you should run.

Got a few mil to get me started?  Skull and Bones membership?

Last edited by usmarine2005 (2007-05-31 11:23:39)

Cougar wrote:

You're always talking about how good you have it with your job and finances, I just assumed you could cover the expenses. 

If not, perhaps you are not trying hard enough.

Never said I made millions of dollars.

Don't you have to be a certain age also?

Last edited by usmarine2005 (2007-05-31 11:30:05)

No biggie. usmarine2020 - be realistic.

That is unless the president of 2008/2012/2016/2004 doesn't declare himself supreme warlord of all worlds.

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2007-05-31 11:44:46)

Here is a thought - Do some research on candidates that are running that aren't front-running/waiting in the wings dems or republicans.  Fuck the lesser of two evils bullshit.  If you see them both as evil, why vote one over the other?  At least by voting for a third (or fourth or fifth) party candidate, you are letting the institution know that you are not satisfied with the same breed of politicians running for president.  No one said you have to vote Republican/Democrat.

I've voted Green the last two elections.  I'll probably vote for Ron Paul in this election, regardless of if he makes the official Republican list, because you know he'll run again as a Libertarian.

I tend to stay out of posting in D&ST but I do read it and my opinions in most cases are quite the opposite of marine's, but my goodness people voting has absolutely no relation to one's freedom of speech.  Its amazing how many people try to wed the two.  Feel free to ignore those who don't vote, but don't try to tell them they can't say whatever they please.