Re: Nader v. The Nation

Nicholas Bonfatti <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.ballistichelmet.heads
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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

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