tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556797.post6330148013828557787..comments2023-06-10T08:58:40.475-05:00Comments on Gift of Self: MacIntyre on votingABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13909234307086337337noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556797.post-63931988989050334412008-11-08T07:52:00.000-06:002008-11-08T07:52:00.000-06:00It's what I did, but I can understand the reasonin...It's what I did, but I can understand the reasoning of those who voted for one of the two major candidates in hope of limiting the evil of the other.Kyle Cupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607703830461449390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556797.post-48724099821161902192008-11-04T11:09:00.000-06:002008-11-04T11:09:00.000-06:00A very good word from MacIntyre. I believe that t...A very good word from MacIntyre. I believe that the greatest justice a Christian can do is either protest by not voting for candidates who we cannot compromise with, or vote for a third party to distinguish our discontentedness with the two-party politik. I think if we were to put forth a platform (like Shaine Claiborne's Jesus for President tour this past summer) that outlines the reasons of protest for not-voting or voting other, would identify the difference between the Nonresistant Nonvote and the apathetic nonvote.<BR/><BR/>P.S.<BR/>Could you recommend to me some reading on Mary and her proper veneration/respect? I am considering writing a paper on the subject as it clashes with Protestantism, etc this semester.<BR/><BR/>-KrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556797.post-47851930096825806282008-10-31T05:36:00.000-05:002008-10-31T05:36:00.000-05:00I am in agreement as well. However I wonder if, a...I am in agreement as well. However I wonder if, as the Mickey for President campaign has said, if a ficticious third party candidate, such as a cartoon mouse, could get enough votes to be visible would that speak speak of the necessary change within our political system to the average American layperson person as well as the politician? Based on most of my fellow Americans that I know personally I'm inclined to think that it wouldn't. So perhaps a nonvote is the best solution as Macintyre suggests. But then does that truly speak anything? Especially when it gets mixed with the apathetic nonvote.Craig Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629128032512176688noreply@blogger.com