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Date:      Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:49:54 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
Cc:        committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The recent fracas involving danes, war axes and wounded developers
Message-ID:  <19981229184954.P32696@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199812290807.KAA53084@greenpeace.grondar.za>; from Mark Murray on Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 10:07:33AM %2B0200
References:  <199812280538.VAA07862@dingo.cdrom.com> <199812280700.XAA52236@rah.star-gate.com> <19981229001052.C43500@mad> <199812290807.KAA53084@greenpeace.grondar.za>

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On Tuesday, 29 December 1998 at 10:07:33 +0200, Mark Murray wrote:
> 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.

Same here.  It's termed an ``informal vote'' :-)

Greg
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