Given your circumstances, are you going to vote via absentee ballot ASAP so you have some imput into this current election? Or do you think voting is just an exercise in futility. Personally, I passionately want to see Obama-Biden win. However, I'm not sure how I'd feel about voting in an election which would only affect those who outlived me.
Well Randi, I plan on Being alive on Nov 2nd and on election day this year I plan on performing my civic duty by not voting. Believe me, the country is far better off if I stay away from the polls. I am far too ignorant about this year’s election to add anything but randomness to the outcome. I say this despite the fact that I read as many bumper stickers as I can, making me more informed than the average voter.
But you know Randi even if I were uncaring enough to participate in this years elections, I wouldn’t know how to register without exposing myself to unnecessary risk, and Wayside has pointed out that I live my life on the edge exposing myself already to far too much danger. I mean the post office is close to me so I can go to the post office to register, but I’m afraid they’ll throw my application in the wrong bag and I’ll end up in the military. The next thing I know, I’m a Navy SEAL. I’m fairly certain I would be killed by my own squad in order to put an end to my incessant seal puns.
I realize it’s a smaller risk than riding my motorcycle, but when I compare it to the statistical likelihood that my vote will improve the efficiency of our government, I think it’s a fair assessment. And when you factor in the odds of being hit by a stray bullet while standing in line at the post office, voting just seems downright reckless to me.
When it comes to voting, I’m just barely smart enough to know that I’m a total idiot. This might sound self-deprecating, but on the intelligence scale, it puts me comfortably ahead of all the people who actually vote.
