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echo: fidonews
to: ALAN IANSON
from: DAVID DRUMMOND
date: 2016-05-29 17:18:00
subject: Dictatorship in Fidonet

On 29/05/2016 11:25 AM, Alan Ianson -> David Drummond wrote:

 DD>> That is because they chose not to vote. That is how it is with election,
 DD>> if you don't vote you do not get a say in the outcome.

 AI> That was not an election, it was a putsch.

That is your opinion. In the English speaking world, when votes are called for,
for a candidate or two, that constitutes an election.

 DD>> And if one doesn't even want an election one has even less say.

 AI> We already had an election, we just didn't want or need another.

You may not have, but those who heed the rules found that they did.

 DD>> That's how it is with democratic environments.

 AI> There is nothing democratic about a putsch.

And there is nothing putsch about a democratic election.

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Regards
David

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