(October 26, 2013 at 4:23 pm)Optimistic Mysanthrope Wrote: Maybe you should read that again. I didn't say not voting was a statement. said that drawing a swastika or smearing shite on your ballot would be puerile.I
Even a child would have noticed that the swastiker and shit example was an exaduration of the possibilities one has concerning what to write on a ballot.
Quote: 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.
You are such a talented master of sarcasm.
Quote: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.
What strawman? You keep posting about flawlessnes in politics as if it were what you wanted to achieve or if it wwas in fact a possible alternative.
So grab your supposed strawman and shove it back up your ass.
Quote: [sarcasm]You mean different people can have different opinions? Tell us more, oh great guru!
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Quote: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.
And what are those qualifications?
Quote: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?
Because your system requires ignorance towards the opinions of the non experts thereby infringing their rights.
Quote:Why? They have limited political influence and almost no actual political power
They have all the influence. They draw the borders between right and wrong and between what is possible and not.
Maybe not in yourcountry, but certainly in ever yother civilised place.
