Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:11:16 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The recent fracas involving danes, war axes and wounded developers Message-ID: <199812290811.AAA16487@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:07:33 %2B0200." <199812290807.KAA53084@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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> Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > Ah, the myth that voting is good. I have more respect for the person > > who abstains from the next election b/c they aren't sure what party to > > vote for than for the person who votes b/c some advert on TV said > > "excercise your right to vote". > > In this country (ZA), one would "spoil the vote"; you scrawl "screw > you" or some such on the paper. This way your ballot cannot be > stolen/sold, and you have exercised your democratic right to _not_ > vote. Yes, but remember that North Americans like to think that apathy is the way to go. .za and .au and many other .uk colonies recognise that making people vote makes them at least take an interest in what's going on. ... and that's why failure to particpate in -core (or -management-body) business should disqualify you from the body. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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