Text 4418, 87 rader
Skriven 2007-07-15 10:04:14 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
   Kommentar till text 4393 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
Ärende: CIA's Family Jewels
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Hello Björn!

15 Jul 07 08:17, you wrote to me:

 RC>> Remember your ways are different, all it takes is a successful
 RC>> no-confidence vote and you all are in full election mode.

 BF> Eh....?

Your parliamentary system provides a means for the govt to dissolve itself,
thus forcing new elections, does it not?

 RC>> But I dont disagree that our populace suffers from alot of voter
 RC>> apathy, but you see Björn voting is a right and a civic duty, but
 RC>> it is still up to the individual to exercise. As with any right,
 RC>> one can choose to wield it or not to wield it.

 BF> You seem to lack much of civic duty as well.

I vote..

I obey the laws, respect my neighbors and I serve jury duty when called upon,
so how do you figure?

 RC>> The fact is, those that choose not to vote are ceding their
 RC>> choices to those whom do vote..

 RC>> Even with your populace, 3 out of every 10 people were letting
 RC>> the other 7 decide for them. That type of apathy isnt as bad as
 RC>> ours but it isnt ideal either, in a perfect world, there wouldnt
 RC>> be any.

 BF> Why do you look down on those who are better than you?

If you are going to debate like this, then I guess I am looking down at you,
but you certainly are not better than I.

 RC>> Fact remains, I can encourage my neighbors and co-workers to
 RC>> exercise their right to vote, but I nor the govt can force them
 RC>> to.

 BF> But you can force them to get killed in Iraq for something they didn't
 BF> vote for.

Excuse me. how am I forcing that?

I am no more guilty for that than one of your relatives from centuries back for
Swedish agression against Russia.

Are you going to travel to France and blame a frenchmans ancestors for
Napoleon?

Felten has German blood, go ahead and blame his ancestors for Hitler and the
Keiser.

Heck using your logic, I could blame you for your Viking Ancestry, for the
atrocities they committed.

 RC>> I try not to watch left wing propoganda.

 BF> But watching rigt wing propaganda is Ok? Is this the same kind of

Who says I watch any propoganda??

I dont even watch the local news on TV..

I use a program called Newscrawler, its a RSS/ATOM feed aggregator, I pull news
in from several sources off of the web and get my news that way. Newscrawler is
payware, but there are free versions out there. You can even use Moz Tbird! I
liked newcrawler because it has a ticker that it places on my screen, that
scrolls the headlines. It goes out and checks for new articles every 5 min.

But noooo.. you and Felten, when you both have lost a debate, do this
projecting thing, and claim everyone over here watches Fox News or must be a
bible thumper.. I pity you both.

Sad thing is, both you and Felten hold dominion over no one, therefore you both
havent any say over where one chooses to get their news from, now put that in
your pipe and smoke it!

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Ross
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