Can someone explain why we have a duty to vote? Isnt it possible that not voting is, except in rare cases, the real duty and expresses a valid political perspective? Isnt it nonsense to say that if I dont vote, I have no right to protest. How so? Maybe we should heed George Carlin: I have solved this political dilemma in a very direct way: I dont vote. On Election Day, I stay home. I firmly believe that if you vote, you have no right to complain. Now, some people like to twist that around. They say, If you dont vote, you have no right to complain, but wheres the logic in that? If you vote, and you elect dishonest, incompetent politicians, and they get into office and screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You voted them in. You caused the problem. You have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote -- who did not even leave the house on Election Day -- am in no way responsible for that these politicians have done and have every right to complain about the mess that you created.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 01:56:51 +0000