In article <2v4jd6F2h5f68U14@uni-berlin.de>, kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com 
says...
> E.F.Schelby wrote:
> > mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>In fj.life.in-japan E.F.Schelby <schelby@swcp.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>My daughter just called me from Pennsylvania and a bus full of
> >>>New York volunteers returning from Ohio where they had helped the
> >>>Kerry campaign for the last five days. Yesterday she still canvassed
> >>>for six hours in driving rains. These young people worked very hard,
> >>>and it was all in vain. 
> >>
> >>So, if you participate in the democratic process, and don't win, it's
> >>all in vain?
> > 
> > 
> > No, of course not. But they felt like it at the moment. The 
> > campaign helpers were tired, and it is understandable that they
> > were discouraged during the return trip. They had also witnessed
> > this and that flaw in the democratic process.
> 
> Maybe she could try moving to Canada.
> 
Good idea. Our Canadian democratic process has neither this nor that 
flaw.  ;-)

Verno