Re: [Fsfe-uk] MSN Thought Thieves

[Robin Green]

On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 11:55:42AM +0100, Lee Braiden wrote:
> > How does attempting to show up their motives legitimise them? It is
> > better to let this pass without any comment?
> 
> Because your motivations for participating will be given little if any 
> attention, whereas your participation will at least be registered in the 
> numbers of people who took part.

On the contrary, I think this could create a good bit of media buzz if
successful. El Reg or Slashdot might cover it.

> This argument comes up with voting too: is it better to vote for parties you 
> don't agree with, and even a system of voting that you don't agree with?  Or 
> would it be better for people to stay away en-masse, and therefore to 
> invalidate the election, forcing the powers that be to establish a better 
> election system and then try again?

Or would it be better to vote for a party that _does_ want to change the
electoral system, such as for example the Liberal Democrats or the Greens?
That's saying something rather than nothing.
-- 
Robin

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