voting....democracy

[bluealberta]

Re: RE: voting....democracy

Agreed Bluealberta.

Massive participation in voting could be a bad sign, and normally is for all incumbents.

Democracy is quite a crap-shoot, filled with votes of all kinds, varying levels of knowlege, varying levels of emotion all wrapped in the culture which far outweighs individual media outlets or the government -- all battled over by the partisans, adversaries, lobbyists.

Yes, you are right, and by the time the messages get through all these spinmeisters, no one really knows what was said about anything.

 

[no1important]

Low turnout ?

That's not too shabby.

In the last 22 years, the trend in this province, as in many other parts of Canada, has been a steady decline in the rate of voter participation. In the 1983 election, 70% of eligible British Columbians voted. By 2001, the turnout figure had dropped to 55%.

 

[choppie]

Voting is DEMOCRATIC, According to Websters...But democracy is hardly fair. :?

 

[AirIntake]

I was brought up with the belief that voting was not a right, but a privilege given to us by a lot of people who died in the WW's to keep our freedom, and to not use this privilege was an insult to their memories and sacrifices. This sounds corny to todays kids, who think that war is a video game and no one really dies, and everything that happens is somebody elses fault. I have never missed voting either federally, provincially, city, town, or municipality.

Don't lump everybody that isn't as old as you into one big pile. I'm 23 and I very much understand and respect what our people did in WWI & WWII. I never thought war was anything like a video game. Unlike a video game, war is real and should be avoided at all costs, as demonstated in the world wars. I actually get teary when I play Brothers in Arms because of the cold, dirty realism in the game, and how sad I feel because it actually happened this way. It helped me appreciate even more what the soldiers endured to stop Hitler. One thing in particular that really struck home, is no matter how far I progressed in the game, no matter how many Krauts I killed, no matter how hard I tried, when I was killed, I (my character, Matt Baker), was still only 23. They were so young to have sacrificed so much. I feel I'm much to young to lead men into battle to their deaths, but this was how it was in WWII. Not everybody young does not appreciate our veterans.[/quote]

 

[bluealberta]

I was brought up with the belief that voting was not a right, but a privilege given to us by a lot of people who died in the WW's to keep our freedom, and to not use this privilege was an insult to their memories and sacrifices. This sounds corny to todays kids, who think that war is a video game and no one really dies, and everything that happens is somebody elses fault. I have never missed voting either federally, provincially, city, town, or municipality.

Don't lump everybody that isn't as old as you into one big pile. I'm 23 and I very much understand and respect what our people did in WWI & WWII. I never thought war was anything like a video game. Unlike a video game, war is real and should be avoided at all costs, as demonstated in the world wars. I actually get teary when I play Brothers in Arms because of the cold, dirty realism in the game, and how sad I feel because it actually happened this way. It helped me appreciate even more what the soldiers endured to stop Hitler. One thing in particular that really struck home, is no matter how far I progressed in the game, no matter how many Krauts I killed, no matter how hard I tried, when I was killed, I (my character, Matt Baker), was still only 23. They were so young to have sacrificed so much. I feel I'm much to young to lead men into battle to their deaths, but this was how it was in WWII. Not everybody young does not appreciate our veterans.

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You are right, and to overgeneralize is something that I should not have done. You will agree, however, that many your age don't know or care about our history, or politics?

Actually, at 23, you would have probably been a veteran, if you had enlisted at 18 or 19. A lifetime of experiences in those four or five years, what a thought.

 

[AirIntake]

My group of friends are mostly university educated, so the people I associate with tend to care very much about history and politics. I've made a point to always vote in federal/provincial/municipal elections, and so have my friends. I can't speak for everyone else in my age group though. In general however, a large portion of the population, in any age group, doesn't really know shat or care at all about history and politics. (unfortunately)

 

[bluealberta]

My group of friends are mostly university educated, so the people I associate with tend to care very much about history and politics. I've made a point to always vote in federal/provincial/municipal elections, and so have my friends. I can't speak for everyone else in my age group though. In general however, a large portion of the population, in any age group, doesn't really know shat or care at all about history and politics. (unfortunately)

Point made.