> I can't believe that you don't think voting is important! How will you ever take ownership of your own country if you don't take advantage of this privelege?
> Just so you know, if you don't vote (and are able to) you better not be complaining about how the country is being run!!! You don't have any right to complain!

You probably meant to address this to Stephen, but for my part:

I am not able to vote in America, so I don't. The question is over how much I should want to be able to.

I am able to vote in Britain, and do so, even though postal voting is a tedious process that requires me to begin several months before the actual election.

And just so *you* know, if you voted for the winner of an election, you'd better not be complaining about how the country is run. After all, you're the one who put them there. In a democracy, not voting is sometimes the best form of complaint you have.

wintermute