Migeru: So it's all about picking the winner?
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Do you have access to some information I don't? Please share! "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
Is picking the winner the only way that your vote makes a difference? We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
I hate it when you do this thing where you understand every well what I meant to say : the person I voted for has lost, but act like you don't. "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
But that can't be the point of voting, can it? We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
My conclusion is that you vote to express your part in, and support for, your group (however you define it). Getting a candidate accepted as the probable winner gets the people who wants to identify with the winning party. Getting a candidate defined as the underdog gets those that wants to identify with the underdog. And so on. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
There was a point made that on the referendum on the Spanish Constitution of 1978 a lot of the campaigning was against abstention. Those unreconstructed fascists who voted against fell in the trap of validating the democratic system by casting a vote. We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
