I should have registered to vote.

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I should have registered to vote.

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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.
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Octopod wrote: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.


I hope one day we'll be able to vote online. For elections, not on if someone's sister is "hot or not".
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Luke wrote:
I hope one day we'll be able to vote online. For elections, not on if someone's sister is "hot or not".
I don't. I'm pretty iffy on this whole democracy thing anyway. I don't want other people voting for stuff that affects me. With internet voting, it will be even more people voting for stuff that affects me. Where is that a good thing?
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Seems logical doesn't it? I'm sure it will happen at some point if they feel it is a secure enough method.
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Luke wrote:
Octopod wrote: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.


I hope one day we'll be able to vote online. For elections, not on if someone's sister is "hot or not".
I hear "Is Luke's sister hot?" is on the next ballot as Prop 342.
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Octopod wrote:Seems logical doesn't it? I'm sure it will happen at some point if they feel it is a secure enough method.
I don't see what's "logical" about it at all.

At least right now, it's inconvenient for busybodies to boss me around.

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Limewater wrote:
Luke wrote:
I hope one day we'll be able to vote online. For elections, not on if someone's sister is "hot or not".
I don't. I'm pretty iffy on this whole democracy thing anyway. I don't want other people voting for stuff that affects me. With internet voting, it will be even more people voting for stuff that affects me. Where is that a good thing?

I actually sort of agree. Not that I do not want people voting just because they do not agree with me but I do not want dumb people to be allowed to vote. That is the majority of people as it is. Scary to think that some of these people can have even a minimal effect on policy.
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MrPopo wrote: I hear "Is Luke's sister hot?" is on the next ballot as Prop 342.
That was Prop 341 two years ago. It passed, but only because my Sister makes a shit ton of money.
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Octopod wrote: I actually sort of agree. Not that I do not want people voting just because they do not agree with me but I do not want dumb people to be allowed to vote. That is the majority of people as it is. Scary to think that some of these people can have even a minimal effect on policy.
This is one of the reasons why the founders came up with the concept of the electoral college. http://www.historycentral.com/elections ... gewhy.html

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gtmtnbiker wrote: No government is ever perfect. I think what we have here is pretty good. If you don't like it, you can always move to a different country.
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