From: Joe E. Dees (jdees0@students.uwf.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 14 1998 - 13:29:10 MST
Date sent: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:07:32 -0500
From: Michael Lorrey <mike@lorrey.com>
Organization: Mikeysoft
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: The Education Function
Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
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> Joe E. Dees wrote:
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> > >
> > > Well, until there is a place on the ballot where I can vote NO on every candidate,
> > > then my disenfranchisement is not voluntary, but institutionalised and coerced.
> > >
> > > Mike Lorrey
> > >
> > >
> > Well, by not voting, I guess you voluntarily do that already.
>
> Hardly. I'm sorry, but you seem rather dense on this point. If I have no other choice,
> then it is not a voluntary action, therefore it is coerced. Get it?
>
You may choose to vote, for any candidate running. If you choose
not to vote, this is obviously also a choice. Choice does not
guarantee omnipotence; some choices will always be unavailable.
Joe
> Mike Lorrey
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