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ad=3A)) I don=27t understand the idea that Americans =

don=27t vote =22because
they don=27t believe in it=2E=22  Yes=2C it exists=2C =

especially among
people in their twenties and thirties=2C because by =

population
we are disenfranchised (too many baby boomers)=2E  =

BUT it=27s
the only way we have to effect change short of =

revolution=2E
Better to know you=27ve done all you can (including =

voting) than
to sit around and bitch about how bad things are =

when you =

haven=27t even tried=2E


I actually think that revolution is necessary and =

inevitable=2E

Voting democrats instead of Bush is a blind alley =

in my view=2E =

Wasn=27t that guy who was US president during =

Vietnam war (Kennedy) a Democratic president=3F Was =

that war any better or justified than war on Iraq=3F

Pavel

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=3E =3E I=27d be happy if they used their vote=2E Most =

=3E Americans I know claim they
=3E =3E don=27t vote because they don=27t believe in =

=3E it=2E Many of them use the last
=3E =3E election as an example of why they don=27t =

=3E vote=2E I think it=27s an
=3E =3E example of why they should=2C but then=2C what =

=3E business is it of mine=3F I=27m
=3E =3E just a foreigner=2E
=3E =

=3E You=27re a citizen of the world=2C and if we=27re =

=3E going to tramp around
=3E claiming to be the world=27s leaders=2C then =

=3E people should call us
=3E on it=2E  We don=27t even represent the views of =

=3E the world=27s democracies=2C
=3E much less that of the world entire=2E
=3E =

=3E I don=27t understand the idea that Americans =

=3E don=27t vote =22because
=3E they don=27t believe in it=2E=22  Yes=2C it exists=2C =

=3E especially among
=3E people in their twenties and thirties=2C =

=3E because by population
=3E we are disenfranchised (too many baby =

=3E boomers)=2E  BUT it=27s
=3E the only way we have to effect change short =

=3E of revolution=2E
=3E Better to know you=27ve done all you can =

=3E (including voting) than
=3E to sit around and bitch about how bad things =

=3E are when you =

=3E haven=27t even tried=2E
=3E =

=3E There was actually a musicians=27 campaign to =

=3E improve voting
=3E turnout among younger voters=2C called =22Rock =

=3E The Vote=2E=22  I
=3E hate to think about how long ago this was =3B-
=3E )  It was a
=3E noble attempt=2C but I wonder what (if =

=3E anything) would get
=3E younger people to vote=3F!
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