Richard, Sometimes, the only way remaining to point up the obvious is with an absurdity. Nothing succeeds like excess, sometimes. Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 2:43 PM Subject: Re: Politics! > > > Robin Blankenship wrote: > > > And 17.2% being a "mandate" makes as much sense as "Abortion Rights Now, For > > the Children"!! > > Grin...well thats stretching things a bit out of perspective. I doubt that a 100 > % survey of Americans would turn up much more then a 50 - 50 split on the > abortion issue. Its a hot item, and a very tough question with lots of important > weighty aspects. > > My point was more along the lines that citizens should get more involved in the > election process, and in politics in general. It speaks poorly of the worlds > greatest democracy that apathy is so widespread that such a small percentage of > the people actually bother to vote in the first place. > > As for the abortion rights issue... I refuse to get involved in such a > discussion from this forum. Accepting a small divergence into the political > realm right at the time of such a fantastic election result is quite enough for > a Piano Tech List. > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > Bergen, Norway > >
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