Eric Takabayashi wrote:

> Ed wrote:
>
> > "Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
> > news:418DA039.18E02C29@yahoo.co.jp...
> > > SuperOutland wrote:
> > >
> > > > I iwsh i voted so i wouldnt have to take a tiny piece of
> > > > responsibility for this disaster.
> > > >
> > > > OH THOsE DAYS OF OVERSLEEPING HAVE BETRAYED ME AGAIN
> > >
> > > There used to be a regular poster who once claimed to me
> > > that as a matter of fact, voting (ie believing in the
> > > system like Kerry who conceded defeat) is what would have
> > > made you responsible for the result.
> >
> > Sounds like you're talking about me.
>
> Is that why you are back?
>
> > Of course you've botched up the idea so it's kinda hard to tell with any
> > degree of certainty.
>
> Would you care to clarify?
>
> > The idea is that if you vote, you are voting for a winner of the election,
> > and not simply for the candidate you voted for. If we just voted because we
> > support a particular candidate, then all we need to do is state our bonehead
> > opinions on usenet (or is this place still not usenet?).
>
> That is not what you posted. Explain again why you claimed not to vote. Explain
> again what form of society (not government) you desired.

Glory be. First try: etaka, ed, vote:

"I have no sympathy for people who vote. They made their choice to be governed by
the winner and that's their problem. The people who don't vote are able to say 'I
chose not to get involved' and have the option of not being responsible for the
results of a vote."

What was incorrect about my original post, "Ed", since you've reappeared? You
think the simple act of voting makes the people responsible for the result, even
if it was not their candidate.

http://tinyurl.com/6uxmw

検索結果 1From:E. Mills (edwardmills@hotmail.com)
Subject:Re: The Land of the Free? View: Complete Thread (79 件)
Original FormatNewsgroups:fj.life.in-japan
Date:2001-07-02 16:05:15 PST


"Eric Takabayashi" <etaka@fkym.enjoy.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:c305f2bd.0107021349.7f4fae39@posting.google.com...
> E. Mills wrote
>
> > There is always the ability to make the results of an election invalid if
> > not enough people vote.
>
> What would be your opinion if, for example, the next time that Japan
> or the US finds that less than half of registered (not eligible)
> voters vote, they invalidate the results, or redo the election?

That depends on what was being decided.

 Should
> people be required by law to vote, as in Australia (hear about that
> often), and not just show, but actually have to make a choice (perhaps
> along the lines of, I will poke you in the eye with a sharp stick, or
> break your little finger, in the case of some candidates)?

I don't have an opinion on the subject. I don't know whether forcing all the
morons of the world to choose my poison for me is any better than letting
half the morons choose my poison.

> > An unpopular government that keeps getting voted into office? That's their
choice/vote.
>
> Do  you understand my lack of sympathy for Japanese adults for their
> government? Until Koizumi came along, hardly anyone (except those with
> nationalistic views, or those in education) expressed any interest in
> politics, thinking they or the politicians made no difference.

I have no sympathy for people who vote. They made their choice to be
governed by the winner and that's their problem. The people who don't vote
are able to say "I chose not to get involved" and have the option of not
being responsible for the results of a vote.

> Should such a decision be put to the vote? Would you require a
> majority, or is a plurality enough? Is it enough if only the people
> who actually vote make such a decision, or would you require as many
> eligible voters as possible?

and again: I don't have an opinion on the subject. I don't know whether
forcing all the morons of the world to choose my poison for me is any better
than letting half the morons choose my poison.

Ed
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