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brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 10:32 PM
Response to Reply #19
43. "too idealistic"...
it's more than a charming hallmark of youth.


People don't wake up at 50 or 60 or 70 and suddenly decide it's important to participate in life. They're the same few who show up to deliver Meals on Wheels week after week, year after year - who *volunteer* - not because they have time on their hands -but because they have always understood the theory of that life is made better one small act at a time. That takes a non-passive idealism.


I keep the little sticker that says "I voted" on my computer - to remind me that it takes a lot more than posting here to effect changes.
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  -Why do old people vote in droves and young people don't? Trad Bass  Jul-31-03 07:44 PM   #0 
  - One does not get old being no fool n/t  NNN0LHI   Jul-31-03 07:45 PM   #1 
  - They have plenty of time and focus on policy that affects their income.  cthrumatrix   Jul-31-03 09:22 PM   #28 
  - good question trad I dont know really  JohnKleeb   Jul-31-03 07:46 PM   #2 
  - I was the only one I knew of at my comnmunity college to vote in 2002  Trad Bass   Jul-31-03 07:49 PM   #4 
     - I wish I knew  HFishbine   Aug-01-03 09:28 AM   #52 
  - The young people are working 2 jobs trying to survive. The oldies  karlschneider   Jul-31-03 07:48 PM   #3 
  - Why don't a lot of them not read newspapers...  realFedUp   Jul-31-03 07:52 PM   #5 
  - It is easier for the old to vote. They have the time during the day.  quilp   Jul-31-03 07:52 PM   #6 
  - No offense here...  brook   Jul-31-03 09:53 PM   #36 
  - feeble excuse in some states  Retrograde   Jul-31-03 09:55 PM   #37 
     - Same in Texas  Yupster   Aug-01-03 12:21 AM   #46 
  - Young people recognize that neither party cares  drdigi420   Jul-31-03 07:53 PM   #7 
  - half right  jagguy   Jul-31-03 08:01 PM   #12 
  - I agree n/t  Withergyld   Jul-31-03 08:07 PM   #14 
  - If you don't poke them in the eye...  brook   Jul-31-03 09:56 PM   #38 
  - Why is income a predictor of probability of voting?  Gman   Jul-31-03 07:57 PM   #8 
  - greater appreciation of what's at stake.  frylock   Jul-31-03 08:00 PM   #9 
  - Perhaps this sheds some light on the subject  xray s   Jul-31-03 08:01 PM   #10 
  - I think some of it  MuseRider   Jul-31-03 08:01 PM   #11 
  - We went through Vietnam. We had the 60's . We know how  FloridaPat   Jul-31-03 08:02 PM   #13 
  - youth activism is alive and well thank you very much  smallprint   Jul-31-03 08:11 PM   #17 
  - Because.....  nradisic   Jul-31-03 08:07 PM   #15 
  - 'Cuz there's no draft and no Vietnam  SpikeTrees   Jul-31-03 08:10 PM   #16 
  - the draft is coming....rummy is holding national guard for ONE  amen1234   Jul-31-03 09:28 PM   #31 
  - Young people don't feel as "connected"  Cookiedemocrat   Jul-31-03 08:11 PM   #18 
  - The agism on this thread is pretty apparent, and ironically enough...  Devils Advocate NZ   Jul-31-03 08:39 PM   #19 
  - "too idealistic"...  brook   Jul-31-03 10:32 PM   #43 
  - We just had a special congressional election in our district  Yupster   Aug-01-03 12:26 AM   #47 
     - I do believe I said young people weren't stupid...  Devils Advocate NZ   Aug-01-03 10:03 AM   #55 
  - It takes time  TennesseeWalker   Jul-31-03 08:43 PM   #20 
  - Then how come most youngsters are liberals  youngred   Jul-31-03 08:52 PM   #22 
     - Rebellion!  TennesseeWalker   Jul-31-03 09:30 PM   #32 
  - Combination of things  youngred   Jul-31-03 08:52 PM   #21 
  - Cynicism and disinterest  Resistance Is Futile   Jul-31-03 09:06 PM   #23 
  - Teevee says: "No difference" (faux left) vs bush is God  robbedvoter   Jul-31-03 09:08 PM   #24 
  - Older people have more to lose.  poskonig   Jul-31-03 09:12 PM   #25 
  - You nailed it. Election outcomes effect seniors right here right now.  whoYaCallinAlib   Jul-31-03 09:18 PM   #26 
  - young and have no problems  youngred   Jul-31-03 09:20 PM   #27 
  - I'm 24.  poskonig   Jul-31-03 09:24 PM   #29 
  - it's the YOUNG who will be drafted and loose their legs, arms,  amen1234   Jul-31-03 09:40 PM   #34 
  - Politics is geared towards older people.  TheDonkey   Jul-31-03 09:27 PM   #30 
  - when you are 54, poor , need health care or die, cant afford to retrain  sam sarrha   Jul-31-03 09:33 PM   #33 
  - Old people know more.  Octafish   Jul-31-03 09:49 PM   #35 
  - Funny Octafish  Yupster   Aug-01-03 12:32 AM   #48 
  - It may well have taken them a lifetime to understand...  salmonhorse   Jul-31-03 10:00 PM   #39 
  - many learned when our whole generation did Vietnam....blown  amen1234   Jul-31-03 10:11 PM   #40 
     - My generation "did" Vietnam ~  salmonhorse   Jul-31-03 10:38 PM   #44 
     - there is hardly any of the WWII guys left....they have all died or  amen1234   Jul-31-03 11:01 PM   #45 
        - Do you vote?  salmonhorse   Aug-01-03 06:52 AM   #50 
     - Do you really think we should just leave Iraq right now?  Yupster   Aug-01-03 12:35 AM   #49 
  - I think...  jbm   Jul-31-03 10:14 PM   #41 
  - social security *NT*  leftyandproud   Jul-31-03 10:19 PM   #42 
  - Old people are smart, and young people are stupid  WhoCountsTheVotes   Aug-01-03 09:20 AM   #51 
  - vote for what?  StandWatie   Aug-01-03 09:42 AM   #53 
  - Campus Policies  HFishbine   Aug-01-03 09:44 AM   #54 
  - Because we are ignored.  AntiLempa   Aug-01-03 10:40 AM   #56 
 

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