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To: Finny

Voting AGAINST the further destruction of the country is not voting for unicorns.


63 posted on 01/13/2015 1:26:54 PM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: N. Theknow
Voting AGAINST the further destruction of the country is not voting for unicorns.

Since voting "against" on any ballot is mathematically and materially an illusion based on intention instead of action, it is every bit as imaginary as voting for unicorns.

Say there's a proposition on your ballot. You have TWO choices when it comes to propositions. You can vote YES on the proposition, or you can vote NO on the proposition. You can either vote FOR enacting the proposition, or you can vote FOR nixing the proposition.

Materially and mathematically, the option of voting "against" is purely imaginary, purely the assignment of intent. In ACTION when voting on the proposition, you either vote FOR saying yes, or FOR saying no.

But when you vote for a candidate, you are ONLY voting FOR saying yes to that candidate. You may intend it as a vote "against" the other candidate, you may intend the message to be "I say 'no' to the other guy," but materially and mathematically, the vote is SOLELY a vote FOR your candidate and everything he stands for.

Own what you vote for, please, and accept the hard cold truth that voting "against" is a mathematical sophistry.

64 posted on 01/13/2015 2:39:13 PM PST by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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