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Daffy Duck · 05-26-2009, 03:42 PM

I always found it funny that the same people who talk about those who "fight for your FREEDOM" are the same people who say "you HAVE to vote."

Hey -- where'd my freedom go?!

Anyway, I didn't vote in the 2004 election and got some crap for it. I don't care. In 2008 I voted to keep Palin out of office.

I'm allowed to praise or criticize government, even if I don't vote. If I pay taxes, don't I have a say, whether or not I voted? Why can other countries talk about my government when they didn't vote?

The whole idea of being required to vote in order to have an opinion is logically flawed to the extreme.

05-26-2009, 03:42 PM	#78 (permalink)
Daffy Duck Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,001	I always found it funny that the same people who talk about those who "fight for your FREEDOM" are the same people who say "you HAVE to vote." Hey -- where'd my freedom go?! Anyway, I didn't vote in the 2004 election and got some crap for it. I don't care. In 2008 I voted to keep Palin out of office. I'm allowed to praise or criticize government, even if I don't vote. If I pay taxes, don't I have a say, whether or not I voted? Why can other countries talk about my government when they didn't vote? The whole idea of being required to vote in order to have an opinion is logically flawed to the extreme. Last edited by Daffy Duck; 05-26-2009 at 03:44 PM.