Comments on: Don’t vote…

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:34:31 +0000

Do you really believe that exposure causes people to go and read more about the issues? I really doubt it. Maybe there are some that do, but I believe those people probably would’ve signed up themselves anyways.

As for me voting, if they ever decide send back my voter info here in Buffalo I am.

By: joyce

joyce — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 06:07:39 +0000

one of our main goals in promoting voter registration was also to get people thinking about the issues at stake. its important for people to realize their civil duties–exposure will help catalyze this… that’s what i think. true, to use your right to vote means that you have to be educated on the issues.

are you voting?

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 11:53:25 +0000

Sure! haha I think I’d do a good job running the country. I could put my dictator skills into practice

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 18:44:03 +0000

Lawrence, that poll was definitely an eye-opener (even though I’m not going to be voting until next election anyways), but it’s true. People only know about the “main” issues. Example during the Presidental Debate… war, war, home land security, war, etc. It was crap.

But eventually there has to be a president. Who else is going to run this country? You, Lawrence?

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:04:33 +0000

heh also it’s more interesting to say don’t vote than to limit who i’m talking to

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:00:58 +0000

Well, it’s true that driving is something you improve with experience. The thing is though, voting has a turn over ratio every 4/8 years depending on candidates. Each new major election you need to go back and relearn about all the candidates and their beliefs. Granted there are people who only vote republican or only vote demcrat, but people basically need to relearn every 4 years. You gain some experience, but really it’s almost like starting with a clean slate.

As for making a fully educated decision, I agree that you can almost never fully educate yourself as this is politics and politics has become who can lie better so basically you’re not able to truly educate yourself.

To become a Christian doesn’t require that people know all about God. John 3:16 is one of the basic principles in Christianity so it’s not really just about understanding God. You just need to know what God did for you by giving you Jesus, and what we need to do in order to goto Heaven. The rest God will take care of if we truly believe.

By: sophia

sophia — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:49:53 +0000

so even though we recognize that 90% of drivers are going to get an accident sometime… or that many of the people who pass the test still can’t really drive (for ex., me…), it’s something that you can only improve in by experience. i’m not saying that driving is analagous to voting, but if you’re going to metaphor, i’ll just make the logical extension.

there is plenty of information out there for people to be educated about issues, so i don’t think it’s a matter of teaching - it’s more about whether or not they’re willing to sit there and learn. and not matter how much you learn, you’ll never know enough to make a fully “educated” decision. still, you’ll never be a perfect driver, you’ll never understand everything about God, you’ll never be sinless, does that mean we shouldn’t try?

i agree, though, if you’re going to drive recklessly, you might as well not drive at all. you shouldn’t even get a license. so maybe you can entitle this “don’t register/vote if you don’t know anything and don’t care” instead of a blanket “don’t vote.” that way you take care of the happily apathetic/ignorant/uninvolved.