I must say that the idea of voting being an intrinsic expression of freedom is a complete fallacy. Universal suffrage may once have symbolised
of liberte, egalite and fraternite, but its meaning has changed. Politics and politicians have always devoted themselves to representing
Ruvi Simmons said: the zenith the interests
of the voting public. It doesn't matter whether those with the vote are a percentage of 5 or 100. As it is now, the major political parties are nothing more than a hotch-potch of uninspired demagogues who will do anything if they think it will gain them votes. They reflect complacent, smug apathy far more than anything else, and are more responsible for maintaining the status quo, perpetuating prejudice, than any other group of people. To vote in an election is to give tacit consent to everything they stand for, which is anti-ideology, self-interest and manipulation.
i couldn't agree more. it annoys me when people say, 'but people died for you to have the vote!' NO, they didn't. people died in wars because they were told to go and fight, because they had very little choice. and even if they DID choose to go and fight, surely they died for democracy. and we don't have democracy in this country. is it democracy when the 3 main parties all stand for roughly similar things - exploitation of working people through capitalism - and the only part of the electorate that either labour or the tories aim their policies towards are those who live in marginal seats. and is it democracy when labour wins with a landslide with only 25% of the electorate voting for them? rule your own lives on to funnnier & happier topics. i had a great (i REFUSE to say grate - why do people do it?) night last night. me & a group of friends had been given a tip off about a private function. there was a fire garden display thingy, with 2 characters dressed up & running around like loonies setting fire to things. then there was a huge firework display. afterwards 3 of us followed the suits back into the building & found the room where there had been a posh meal & there was still lots of wine all over the tables, so we drank a few glasses, grabbed a few bottles, and tried to look inconspicuous. we failed on the last bit, but totally succeeded on the other two! hurray for free wine! catch you all later, antony +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+