Russell Brand vs. Paxman!

[Optimistic Mysanthrope]

No it would not be a statement, it would be being to lazy to get up and move your ass to the ballot box.

Maybe you should read that again. I didn't say not voting was a statement. I said that drawing a swastika or smearing shite on your ballot would be puerile.

It is nothing but an arrogant snobish snorting of "I am better than the rest of society". Whilest in fact you are simply leting others make your decision for you.

I so glad you explained that to me. And here I was, thinking that it was because I didn't want to vote for someone that I didn't want to be elected. Thank you for enlightening me. Next election, I'll be sure to march down to the polling station, draw fascist symbols all over my ballot, vote for which ever random tosspot strikes my fancy and then take a shit on it. Safe in the knowledge that I'm doing the mature, intellectual option prescribed by you.

Oh yes, you goverment is flawed, which does not mean that every single fucking goverment on this globe is flawed.

I'll happily admit that I'm not aware of every single political system. Do you have an example of a flawless system of government?

Flawlessness is a concept for fascist, marxists, the religious and other utopians. I reject the concept of flawlessnes in politics and made that clear in my previous reply here. Do I really need to repeat myself!?

Congratulations. You've managed to start an argument with yourself. Either that or you created the single worst strawman argument I've encountered. Either way, it's awe inspiring. You sir, are a shining beacon of hope to us all. Shine on, you crazy diamond.

Didn`t I just explain to you that expert opinion can vary on an issue and that therefor there is never one single true way of solving a problem?

[sarcasm]You mean different people can have different opinions? Tell us more, oh great guru!
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Strangely, I am actually familiar with this concept. Do you not think that maybe an expert would have a greater understanding of the complexities involved in a particular issue than a layman? At no point have I suggested that political issues simplified to a single, infallible resolution. It precisely because such complexities exist that I think those decisions should be made by those best qualified to do so.

Would it? I don't see why.

It would, since it eliminates the process of debate and relies entirely on the single opinion of one expert.

What on earth makes you think that a system in which goverment positions are allocated on a meritocratic basis would necessitate such a ridiculously simple implementation?

Which means precisely fuck all.

No. It means everything!

Why? They have limited political influence and almost no actual political power