Re: Nader v. The Nation
Nicholas Bonfatti <[email protected]>
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On Feb 20, 2004, at 3:55 PM, Aaron S. Hawley wrote: > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Nicholas Bonfatti wrote: > >> Hey man, that's your prerogative. But it is rather disingenuous to >> suggest that you're not part of the problem by sitting here bitching >> about politics without exercising your voice in politics. > > seriously, i can't remember now whether it was a democrat or republican > who said, 'You are either with us or against us'. the point is, > anybody > can use it. > You got me wrong. I'm not trying to polarize the situation, I just don't think not voting at all will do any good. In the eyes of "the guys in charge" what's the difference between a non-voter and my sister's friends who don't know who Dick Cheney is? > now not voting two-party is not voting. i'm losing track of these > things. > maybe that's what now what nick was trying to say. regardless, i can't > say i consider the non-voters part of the problem. it speak volumes > more about the system then a vote. > At the time, Nader hadn't said he'd run, so I was deriding David for saying he wouldn't vote (at all.) Yeah it speaks volumes about the system, but not voting doesn't affect change! pz nick _______________________________________________ heads mailing list [email protected] http://ballistichelmet.org/mailman/listinfo/heads/ http://ballistichelmet.org/donate/