On 14-10-2009 1:51, Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> On 13-10-2009 18:06, Darren New wrote:
>>> Neeum Zawan wrote:
>>>>     Elections don't quite fix that. Just because I elected certain 
>>>> "good" people doesn't mean the system will change for the better. 
>>>> The president can't just change everything if he wants to.
>>>
>>> Plus, the USA's legal system isn't like europe. We don't have a 
>>> parliment where it makes sense to run a few people on one specific 
>>> platform like the Pirate Party. You have to pick someone who has a 
>>> whole mix of views (about which they are likely lying), and hope they 
>>> agree with you more than they disagree, even if they get elected. 
>>
>> I'd rather vote for someone who has though about issues and is willing 
>> to try to solve them than for someone who agrees with me.
> 
> Sure. We'd all like that. 

I specifically prefer someone who has a consistent view that I don't 
agree with over someone with some vague ideas that might change their 
opinion every few weeks. I am not sure there a re many people that think 
that way.

> Except for the huuuge number of people who 
> don't think real hard and don't appreciate others thinking either.

Which is a really big 'except'.

> If you want people to vote for the things you want to see happen, it 
> looks like the parliament system works better than ours.

don't trust on that ;)

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