02-20-2004, 10:49 PM
Black Lazerus Wrote:From what I understand, the reason we vote people into office is so that they put into policy that which is the will of the people.The Jays Wrote:If I don’t vote then why do I have a right to say anything about the government or to question it?Black Lazerus Wrote:I had saidGonzoStyle Wrote:Because if i don't then I have no right to say what's wrong or not.The Jays Wrote:Cause I choose the lesser of two evils.Black Lazerus Wrote:If you don't believe that, then why the fuck do you bother voting, and what does it matter?Quote:Besides, being a member of a political party does not automatically force a member of a Congress to vote a certain way. A member of Congress votes in a manner that he feels represents the will of the people.:rofl:
if you honestly believe that then you are naive.
It’s oblivious people like you that make this country sometimes unlivable. Nothings wrong as long as it doesn’t affect your world.
Quote:A member of Congress votes in a manner that he feels represents the will of the people.
You said regarding voting for that member of Congress
Quote:Because if i don't then I have no right to say what's wrong or not.
Not just because I am a citizen. I didn’t say that the vote with the party all the time. But you said they only vote for the will of the people. That statement is a flat out untruth.
Maybe I'm only choosing to look at it from the position of what is it intended to do, and not how it is practiced.
I look at it from that viewpoint so that I can compare its intended practice, and its realistic practice.