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Do Americans who are voting Kerry vote for him for any reason besides...
*Jamal*:
I'm no expert when it comes to this, but I THINK things have changed just a tiny bit since "ancient Greece".
Shallow:
--- Quote from: *Jamal* on October 22, 2004, 08:42:31 PM ---I'm no expert when it comes to this, but I THINK things have changed just a tiny bit since "ancient Greece".
--- End quote ---
Yes but that is where "democarcy" came from, and that is where it was best used. Ancient Greece is also the corner stone for the entire western culture. That being said, you are either an idiot, a moron who likes starting shit for no reason, or a guy that didn't understand my post. All I said was that when democracy was formed it was common for every citizen to be fully aware of what was happening with the potical system. You're response to this implies that people should not be aware of what's going on. Do you really believe that?
*Jamal*:
No, actually you said "only be able to vote by passing a competency test to show that they are aware of what they are voting for. This way, only the interested and intelligent will vote". That's different from just saying that only the intelligent were able to vote back then. And by the way, in ancient Greece, ALL FREE MALES were allowed to vote, not just the "intelligent" ones as you stated.
*Jamal*:
I've been gone for a while, but are you and 7even the Hairbinger trying to be WCC's own Dumb&Dumber or something?
*Jamal*:
By the way, you stated "only the interested and intelligent will vote, and interest and intelligence will be encouranged as a whole". Do you know that this was part of the reason that the electoral college was used in the first place? Obviously you didn't, but someone who PROBABLY knows better than you said this:
"It was ... desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the [office of the Presidency] ... A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations"
---- Alexander Hamilton
Personally, I think Mr. Hamilton knows a little more about this stuff than some retard named Shallow.
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