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>> >> No Peter, if you were really committed to Australian politics you would know
>> >> where you were when the elections were held, and who you voted for. >> Crap - one can be extremely committed to Australian politics but, at the same
>> time, recognise the pointlessness of voting personally, given that (a) what
>> decides elections is a few votes in marginal seats; (b) representative
>> democracy does not necessarily deliver the rule of the people anyway, as
>> reflected inter alia in the euthanasia debate. Read what I wrote more carefully. I never said that someone really
committed to Australian politics would vote. They might clearly
remember not voting. But they would remember where they were, and who
(possible no-one) they voted for.
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