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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article <52077a8c$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, Peter Moylan   
    wrote:   
   > On 11/08/13 11:16, William December Starr wrote:   
   > > In article ,   
   > > Steve Hayes  said:   
   > >   
   > >> But what made SF intelligent back in the 50s (or before) was not   
   > >> so much that it postulated scientific discoveries, but that it   
   > >> said something about the human condition as well.   
   > >   
   > > And thank god we're rid of that.   
   >   
   > Everyone finally decided that the human condition was incurable.   
      
   It is curable ... Mother Nature will eventually cure it by wiping out   
   humans.  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   > With a major election coming up, Australian electoral officials are   
   > concerned that many young people are not registering to vote. I suspect   
   > that that shows the triumph of cynicism. The ballot papers don't have a   
   > "none of the above" option.   
      
   Yep. In New Zealand you legally have to be registered to vote (you have to   
   be on the Electoral Roll), but you do not have to actually vote. I've   
   never bothered to vote in either the local Mayoral / Council eleections   
   nor the national Government elections since NONE of the greedy, selfish,   
   lying, brainless morons are any better than the others.   
      
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