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To: The Other Harry
I'm not from Florida actually. I'm a tenth grader in a public HS in Maryland. Florida is so interesting, it's always so messy. That's why I follow it.
14 posted on 09/07/2002 8:14:24 PM PDT by katherineisgreat
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To: katherineisgreat
I'm not from Florida actually. I'm a tenth grader in a public HS in Maryland. Florida is so interesting, it's always so messy. That's why I follow it.

Well, assuming you really are a tenth-grader -- or anybody else, for that matter -- I think this may well be one of the most interesting elections that will take place this year.

I suggest you start by looking at how the Florida Supreme Court ruled in the last presidential elction versus how the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. It's not simple.

Read them yourself; don't rely on what other people tell you about them.

Do you follow the letter of the law as it was written, or do you follow the principle of giving everyone the right to vote even if some rules have been broken? When do you out off that right and come to a final decision? What if there are disputes?

Not so easy.

15 posted on 09/07/2002 8:32:45 PM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: katherineisgreat
I'm not from Florida actually. I'm a tenth grader in a public HS in Maryland. Florida is so interesting, it's always so messy. That's why I follow it.

I looked a little at your profile.

If you really are a tenth-grader, you better know that you should take yourself *very* seriously. You ain't exactly dumb, nor are you common..

My one concern is that you might be becoming a conservative too young in your life. A very wise man once told my son something about that which I don't really want to repeat verbatim here. The general idea was that it is okay for young and idealist people to be liberal. That's normal.

It is less okay for older people like me to do that. We tend to get more jaded and more cynical about all institutions, governments included. We get more interested in the things that immediately surround us. That could be selfish, but it really isn't. You take care of your own first. That's simply primal. It doesn't mean you don't care about anyone else.

My concern is that you could be starting out the wrong way. You may (likely will) correct that in the years after college and it will need/get/find other adjustments after that, but for now I think you should probably be giving the liberals the benefit of the doubt.

Some experience on the other side would not be such a bad thing.

16 posted on 09/07/2002 9:17:00 PM PDT by The Other Harry
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