Shame on you Canada

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by McNasty

Sorry but George Carlin is a comedian....he doesn't know a fuckin thing

If you didn't vote you have NO right to complain. Period. You chose to sit on your ass and therefore didn't do a fuckin thing to stop those "bastards" from being elected.

i love it when people try to treat it as if basic freedom of speech laws don't apply to those who choose not to vote.

i say: fuck you. if i choose not to vote that's a valid legal decision, and none of my rights are hampered by such a decision. so tell me all you want that i have no right to complain, i'll keep complaining... just because you have some twisted perception of what my rights are isn't going to make me any more complacent in decisions to vote.

for the record, i did want to vote in this election but unfortunately nobody seems to want to send my bills to my house, instead keep sending them to my parents', and so i have no proof that i live where i live. i could have voted in my parents' riding, but a) that's not my riding so i don't see why i should be voting there and b) i don't live there so i couldn't get there come election day.

but there have been plenty of elections where i've intentionally taken a stance of non-partisanship. likewise, by your logic, if you voted for the winning party you also have no right to complain, because you voted them in! so basically you're saying that a vast majority of canadians have no right to bitch about politics. sorry, but that's still bullshit. people are going to complain no matter what you think is 'right'.

[Mangle]

The logic that it's okay to vote in gay bashers as long as you're actually voting with your wallet doesn't appeal to me much either.

[prozac]

You know who I think has the right general idea? Bolivia's new President, Evo Morales. I fucking love this guy. A little overview on what he's been up to since being elected a month ago. and the wikipedia article. One of the first things he did was cut his own salary by nearly 60% and tell the US to go screw themselves. Recently all his congressmen voted to reduce their own salaries by 50% (down to around $1500/month), with the money instead to go to healthcare and education. Instead of appointing lawyers and executives to his cabinet like our (western) countries do, he kicked out all the corrupt politicians and put in academics/intellectuals, community leaders and union representatives...his new Minister of Oil and Energy in notorious for his criticism of big oil companies. AAAAHHHH. Common sense in government. I'm loving it.

/me takes five steps further left.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by Mangle

The logic that it's okay to vote in gay bashers as long as you're actually voting with your wallet doesn't appeal to me much either.

the entire logic of this statement misses me.

seriously. stop blaming people who didn't vote for the results of those who did.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

seriously. stop blaming people who didn't vote for the results of those who did.

I was the one who quoted George Carlin. Where are you getting blaming non-voters from me?

[Digital Over]

Originally Posted by Mangle

....therefore have nothing to do with the mess you created, have all the rights in the complaining world. Deal with it.

From that (as if it really matters anyway) but fyi.....Just have respect for peoples decsions and don't question them, despite your political views; please, that's all I ask. Just accept the fact that everyone has their right to choose to voice or not to voice their opinions. Ok, that's all I'm going to say. I'm done in here.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by Digital Over

Just have respect for peoples decsions and don't question them, despite your political views

Isn't that why the US is as f*cked up as it is?

[Skitzo_Style]

dude, seriously. you gotta chill out.

the vote is over. harper's in office now. theres nothing you can do now. this is no longer a debate, now it is just you screaming at a brick wall.

so calm down, smoke a joint (if you do blaze), and read one of those fine pieces of literature by hunter s. tompson you so proundly display in your signature.