On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, John Thornton wrote:
> Not voting at all, according to mainstream media outlets, is a sign of
> ignorance and laziness and not a form of protest.
Worse -- classical pluralist political science considers voter apathy a sign of contentment. They assume that if people were upset they'd make their discontents known. So they infer that if people don't vote, it means they are content with the the system and assume it will basically continue to run itself.
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com