G&K Investing for Curmudgeons Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : G&K Investing for Curmudgeons

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (7885)	11/9/2000 11:00:01 AM
From: Dr. Id	Read Replies (1) of 22706

For the record, I voted for Gore and I have a real problem with people shunning responsibility for people having voted twice and placing all the responsibility on the design of the ballot. --Mike Buckley For the record, I did a vote swap (so I voted for Gore with the agreement that a guy in Texas would vote for Nader), so I'm not a Gore supporter. However, I don't think that this is an example of a shunning of responsibility as you do. If the ballots were the same as in the rest of the country (or even the rest of Florida) and people screwed up their vote I'd agree with you. But that was not the case, and 19000 were denied their right to have their vote count. It's kind of like disputing a bad call in a football game. With the replay review mechanism in place, it restores some fairness to a very subjective and often incorrect process. To say that complaining about an unfair call is to not take responsibility for an unfair outcome seems unduly harsh. Hey, what happened to the --Mike Buckley who always defends the little guy? What REALLY happened to you in New Zealand?! Dr.Id@ohyeah,thisiscurmudgeon--MikeBuckley.com

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next