Quote Originally Posted by Idaho View Post
I think we need a new thread about not voting. It's an interesting topic, where I am right and you are all wrong.
That's just stupid.

You live in a democracy but do not even bother to vote - then you say you love democracy.

Back to Israel - supposedly lots of Israelis disagree with the settlements - but they keep voting in settlement-orientated governments.

why's that?

Well, mostly I think it's because most Israelis aren't actually that bothered - in theory they don't like the settlements but in practice they're more interested in keeping the militants down, and they don't know any way to do that other than beating the Palestinians like mangy dogs.

Basically - the whole area is brutalised and nothing short of a 100-year UN mandate has any hope of ever fixing it.