Politics!

[Robin Blankenship]

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
>
>