From owner-cvs-all Tue Dec 29 00:20:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA07538 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:20:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA07529 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:20:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id SAA02767; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:49:50 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id SAA33540; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:49:54 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981229184954.P32696@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:49:54 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mark Murray , Tim Vanderhoek Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The recent fracas involving danes, war axes and wounded developers References: <199812280538.VAA07862@dingo.cdrom.com> <199812280700.XAA52236@rah.star-gate.com> <19981229001052.C43500@mad> <199812290807.KAA53084@greenpeace.grondar.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199812290807.KAA53084@greenpeace.grondar.za>; from Mark Murray on Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 10:07:33AM +0200 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tuesday, 29 December 1998 at 10:07:33 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > Tim Vanderhoek wrote: >> Ah, the myth that voting is good. I have more respect for the person >> who abstains from the next election b/c they aren't sure what party to >> vote for than for the person who votes b/c some advert on TV said >> "excercise your right to vote". > > In this country (ZA), one would "spoil the vote"; you scrawl "screw > you" or some such on the paper. This way your ballot cannot be > stolen/sold, and you have exercised your democratic right to _not_ > vote. Same here. It's termed an ``informal vote'' :-) Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message