I realize my last post regarding this election fiasco was a bit inflammatory, but I did not mean to offend anyone. Apparently it touched a nerve with some people. I found a lot of misunderstandings in those colorful posts I received in response. I'll do what I can to clarify my point of view.
First I want to mention that I'm not a Democrat. I'd also like to say that I don't approve of the way either party is handling this situation. I thank those of you that were .. ahem .. at least civil in your responses. I don't really have time to make a personal response to each of you.
I'm not asking anyone to feel guilty for being white and male. But I am thankful. And I think that in exchange for leading, well .. a privileged life, relatively speaking, I should at the least make myself aware of the hardships others may be facing, and not dismiss them as invalid.
I also can't prove that shady stuff did or didn't happen surrounding the election. But it DOES happen all the time, and all I'm asking for is for people to pay attention to it, and to seek out justice and the truth. I don't think this is happening, and it angers me.
If I may, I'd like to shift the argument to something I find slightly more interesting, and that is the election is effectively a TIE. The margin of error in the voting process greatly exceeds the margin of victory, to such a degree that no one whose ever taken a statistics course would possibly declare either candidate a winner. And both candidates just want to win, and both still think they can (or have) won. The problem is our country doesn't deal well in the event of a tie. Or it doesn't define a tie nearly broadly enough.
Or, we could shift the argument back to something even more interesting .. like what the market is going to do on Monday. :)
-G |
