Editor,
I am writing in response to Victor B. Murthy's letter in Wednesday's Daily Lobo. I find his calling nonvoting "regressive and apathetic" quite saddening. I suppose if Murthy was in Boston during the late 1700s, he would be ranting against the patriotic men throwing tea into the sea and demanding more time to work with the corrupt British government at the time.
Actively not voting is equal to, if not better than, the clandestine act of voting. We, as Americans, find ourselves limited by the fact that only two political parties have any chance of winning the presidency, Senate, House and other offices of state. The option of creating a new political party to vote for has been shown to simply not work - anyone vote for the Green Party lately?
If you want a say in modern politics, you have to choose between the Republicans and Democrats. What should one do if neither of these two obstinate, pig-headed parties are found to be worthy of one's vote? Should one choose the lesser evil? I adhere to no evil, and I take it upon myself as the duty of an American not to vote. I personally refuse to vote until such time as issues like our wars and our frightening trend toward socialism have been adequately addressed. If there is no one worth having, I'd much rather go empty-handed.
I would like to call on all Americans who find no good in our representational system to follow my lead. If a significant portion of people refuses to take part in sham elections and makes it known that it has proudly not voted, perhaps we shall finally be heard and our demands met.
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J.P. Farish
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