tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7706770103255121847..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: So, maybe you had no-one to vote for?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-91551008005535149322013-10-15T20:09:37.340+13:002013-10-15T20:09:37.340+13:00Phil,
You're right, if the mob can vote for ...Phil, <br /><br />You're right, if the mob can vote for freedom they can just as easily vote it away. It's a fantastic result as with David Leyonhjelm here in Australia it's going to work in two ways, other parties are going to try and claw back votes and they're going to have to do that by easing up on the reins. But the other thing it's going to do is a whole bunch of people are going to be asking what the hell is a libertarian? They're going to start looking, some of the sheep will wake up, and they're going to see there is 'right' and there is 'wrong' and there going to see there is a whole hell of a lot of wrong going on right now and they aren't going to be able to un-see it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-25371060381886417952013-10-15T08:10:22.238+13:002013-10-15T08:10:22.238+13:00I'm just not convinced that voting is going to...I'm just not convinced that voting is going to make a difference ever. In fact, by participating in democracy I just believe that you are adding more wind to the 'democratisers' sails. It's like enslaving people to fight slavery.<br /><br />Sure well done to Stephen, but the amount of democratic apathy is an incredibly interesting phenomenon from a libertarian stance. Non-voters are basically saying a) they have no real conviction to vote (they don't know what is in the best economic interest of thousands of people) and b) its not like voting Brown nor Palino make any real difference either and the other candidates, well, they won't win. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470443106945276907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-49020618587035947142013-10-14T17:54:06.263+13:002013-10-14T17:54:06.263+13:00The frightening thing is that, anybody, voted for ...The frightening thing is that, anybody, voted for either John Minto or the 'Communist League' candidate.cheesefunnelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-25920557193947948302013-10-14T11:00:45.348+13:002013-10-14T11:00:45.348+13:00I was very saddened and angry that Shane missed ou...I was very saddened and angry that Shane missed out by a mere 1000 votes in Invercargill (dammit!) and wish some people in my hometown had paid a little bit more attention when filling out ballot papers.<br /><br />Congrats to Stephen Berry - a worthy total; I had not paid any attention at all to the Auckland Mayoral election so was pleasantly surprised at that result; shows what can happen when libertarian candidates bother to actually campaign and ask people to vote for them.<br /><br />Mr Lineberrynoreply@blogger.com