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I think sex clubbing is just as good reason not to vote for someone as being fat, bald, or dressed funny. When's the last time we nominated one of those?
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This is strange... how did the media talking about this make his campain collapse? Why didn't he stick with it?
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What gets me is that this board has a large collection of what would be considered 'perverts' by a lot of the rest of the nation, or does everyone here think that LDS are the norm throughout the country? Essentially, the argument for voting on someone's personal predilictions is that you want someone like you because, therefore, that person is 'trustworthy'. If this is the case, most Mormons on the board may as well not even attempt to run for office. Likewise, you roll players are right out. And how about you book readers? You ain't representative of very many people, you know.
Jim-Me is absolutely right. If everything is relevant, nothing is relevant.
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I wasn't being sarcastic, Stormy, I meant it.
It's like getting married. If you don't want to marry someone, you don't need a reason. Same with voting, if you don't want to vote for someone, don't.
Either way, though, you have to be prepared for the results.
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I know you meant it. I wasn't being sarcastic either.
My point in this thread isn't to say that a person can't vote on a candidate's 'character'. Obviously, in our glorious atomic age with the electronic media ever present, it's almost impossible for people not to know everything about you. If it doesn't get outright recorded while you are doing it, people will get it second-hand from your friends, relatives, wives, former lovers, etc. So, with this knowledge, some people are going to use it as a factor in their decisions.
My question is should they. My answer is, they should not. Just because a technology exists and we can find out whatever we want about our neighbors, friends, enemies and politicians, doesn't mean it should be used without discretion or that people should pay attention to it when it is.
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