I should have registered to vote.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Oh, as for voting, vote for what you want ignore what you don't want, simple as hell.

[Limewater]

Oh, as for voting, vote for what you want ignore what you don't want, simple as hell.

Exactly. As a white, straight, male I vote for extra taxes of women, gay men, and minorities every chance I get. If 50% + 1 people agree on it, it must be right!

[MrPopo]

Oh, as for voting, vote for what you want ignore what you don't want, simple as hell.

Exactly. As a white, straight, male I vote for extra taxes of women, gay men, and minorities every chance I get. If 50% + 1 people agree on it, it must be right!

Define "right".

[Limewater]

Oh, as for voting, vote for what you want ignore what you don't want, simple as hell.

Exactly. As a white, straight, male I vote for extra taxes of women, gay men, and minorities every chance I get. If 50% + 1 people agree on it, it must be right!

Define "right".

Whatever 50% + 1 people say is right, of course. Yay Democracy!

[RadarScope1]

I have never voted in my life. My personal feeling is that if I participate then I am legitimizing a form a government I highly disagree with. That said I actually feel kind of sick to my stomache thinking that Scott Brown could win. Man that would fucking suck.

You have it backwards. If you don't agree, then vote to change it. How much it will change is debatable. But nothing changes without it.

Who has a better right to complain about getting punched in the face? A guy who is just standing there, minding his own business, or a guy who participates in a boxing match?

Clearly, Octopod. The reason we still have the form of government we do is because YOU DIDN'T VOTE HARD ENOUGH!!!!!

Silly analogy. If you don't get involved in some way -- and voting is the least, most basic thing one can do to get involved -- then you can't complain. Simple as that.

[gtmtnbiker]

Define "right".

For Limewater, it means turning 90 deg.

[Limewater]

Silly analogy. If you don't get involved in some way -- and voting is the least, most basic thing one can do to get involved -- then you can't complain. Simple as that.

Why not?

If three guys decide to throw me out the window, does that mean that I can't complain about it unless I register my disagreement with the idea before I am tossed out the window?

[Octopod]

Silly analogy. If you don't get involved in some way -- and voting is the least, most basic thing one can do to get involved -- then you can't complain. Simple as that.

So if I do not participate in a system I disagree with I can not complain about that system that I do not agree with? That makes perfect sense...

[Hatta]

Silly analogy. If you don't get involved in some way -- and voting is the least, most basic thing one can do to get involved -- then you can't complain. Simple as that.

Not at all. If you willingly participate in the contest, then you have conceded that the contest is fair. As such, you must accept its result as fair. So if you vote, you can't complain.

When the entire system is rigged as it is, the only thing you can do and keep your honor is to abstain entirely.

[RadarScope1]

Limewater, I can see your attitude is basically "RRRrraAGH RrrrrRRRah gubermint RRRarrRR" so I am reluctant to get into this but I will try to make this simple.

You're talking about fistfights.

I'm talking about voting and political participation.

That is not an apt comparison and you know it. I realize you're not the first person on the Internet to be intentionally disingenuous just for the sake of it, but come on now.