Cheese
Tree Surgeon
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- Dec 15, 2007
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Let me express my thoughts on the upcoming election... through the medium of a bushtarion metaphor or two!
1) Why vote for a local MP who is never going to win a seat?
Generally, there are only ever two candidates in the running for the top spot. To vote for the third - fourth - fifth... etc. is pointless and doesn't achieve anything!
Similarly in bushtarion, there are almost always 1-2 top alliances. Quite often you don't want either one of them to win, but you really hate one of them more than the other! So why not vote for the lesser of two evils? It is far more likely to have an impact than flogging a dead horse.
2) Why vote for someone "out of principle" when they're never going to win?
*Cynic mode at maximum!* I'm sorry but at the end of the day, whichever set of politicians get in power will have some element of corruption / deceit / childishness and greed. It doesn't matter if it's Labour, Conservatives or Lib Dems. I've seen local councils in action for all three and they're just as bad as eachother quite frankly
For example, if Twigley, JJ and Martin were all leading top alliances, and you were in the middle class "mid alliances", it wouldn't matter whoever was at the top, you're still going to get raped
3) Vote for change?
Change isn't always good, but it is refreshing, if only for five minutes.
In bushtarion, I would rather different people won each round than the same every time. I would rather Martin won, then Twigley, then Martin... etc. than have Twigley win every round ^^ However, like politics, it doesn't really matter who is the top dog, they are still going to take all of your land and cause you to waste money on gardeners, often without you even realising it!
Just a few random musings xD
PS - Please don't take my analogies too seriously, I just thought they were a bit of fun <3
So you are basically saying you will pick from the 2 that you think have highest chance of winning then pick the one you agree with the most from the 2 even if you agree more with a party that you don't believe will win?
You don't get a medal for picking the winner. It's not the grand national.
What I don't get is why you are helping someone get into power that you don't agree with?