Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: One Vote ( among millions ) may as well be Zero. Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 04:31:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <89ed3e0e-df9d-44a1-8f42-8c50bc497d0e@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com X-Trace: pcls7.std.com 1477197104 842 192.74.137.71 (23 Oct 2016 04:31:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 04:31:44 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:602134 Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes: >You ( Mr. hVac ) replied ( to me ): >> > What kind of idiot would vote ? ! >> >> I vote. >> I feel like I am a stockholder in corporation America. >> I like to exercise my franchise rights. >What " franchise rights " ? >One Vote ( among millions ) may as well be Zero. >You're not Bill Gates, you don't control 51% of the vote. >What could you possibly gain from casting _ONE_ vote ( among millions ) ? >A _false_ sense of power ? ! Jury Duty ? ! I don't get it. Jury duty? Got a driver's license? You're on the list, if so. I vote regularly, and in all my years I got called to jury duty just twice, both times the case or cases were dismissed and so were the potential jurors. Never saw the inside of the courtroom either time. A wasted morning, and noon and afternoon off of work. I probably wouldn't get picked anyway, lawyers don't like smart jurors.