Re: [FT] UNSC (emotional rant)

--- "Mark A. Siefert" <siefertma@wi.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>     Not really I'm afraid.  As with all
> "representative democracies" the
> only people who are represented are those who A)
> vote at all, and B)
> actually voted for the winner of the election.  Now
> granted, some of the
> people who don't vote do so because they are
> apathetic.  However, some do
> not vote because they realize just what a sham the
> system is.  As for group
> "B", I vote in just about every election and I can
> not say that I have
> representation.  I vote for neither of my State's
> senators (Herb Kohl and
> Russ Feingold), nor my district's congressional
> representive (Jerry
> Kleczka).  I didn't vote for them because I do not
> agree with their
> politics, nor do I believe that they will represent
> my interests.  Why
> should they worry about keeping a vote they didn't
> get in the first place?
> Ultimately, I am not reprsentented.  So the question
> before the house (no
> pun intended) is why am I morally obligated to obey
> the laws that Feingold,
> Kohl, and Kleczka help enact?  Better yet, why
> should I vote at all.
> 
> Later,
> Mark A. Siefert

Well, then, why don't you run for office yourself?

Mike J. 

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