OT: US Pres election

[Ballbarian]

Originally Posted by JimMorrison

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However, at the end of the day, you still consider yourself qualified - and deserving of your vote, as it affects many millions, if not billions of people.

Forgive me for the implications here, but when someone expects the right to cast a vote on such enormously important issues, but intentionally reduces their exposure to the facts and realities surrounding those issues - is in some way insane.
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But neither do I think that you should in conscience vote for president, either.

You have misread my post if you believe that I am uninformed or otherwise close minded. Or perhaps it is just that I must be uninformed if my views do not coincide with yours? I wonder if I am misreading your post. Are you actually saying that I should not have a right to cast a vote because you disagree with me? Ever heard of democracy and universal suffrage Mr. Stalin?

Ok, forget the Mr. Stalin crack. I don't think you are a bad person either Jim. But I do think that you missed the point of my previous post. If I had to highlight one thought to get across the point I was trying to make, it would be:

"Feel free to discuss and express your own views and opinions, but please be respectful of the views and opinions of others in the process."

I take my right to vote very seriously and any insinuation that I do not deserve to exercise that right because of my views just flabbergasts me.