tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32516736.post2400425329589522236..comments2024-02-26T22:31:02.623-05:00Comments on Finding Beauty in Ephemera: Why Vote? Well if you have to ask...Ralph Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14758413012114957573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32516736.post-26557528352318980982014-11-05T11:55:44.373-05:002014-11-05T11:55:44.373-05:00Ginger:
If only! If anything, it may strengthen h...Ginger:<br /><br />If only! If anything, it may strengthen her resolve never to vote just because I urged her to! Nevertheless, if it makes other people think -- as your debate did -- then it's all worthwhile. Thanks for the comment. I *know* this makes sense to me. I'm not always sure I express things in a way that makes sense to others.Ralph Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14758413012114957573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32516736.post-65363141832930960932014-11-04T22:08:20.133-05:002014-11-04T22:08:20.133-05:00Thanks, Ralph. Nicely said! I once decided to ent...Thanks, Ralph. Nicely said! I once decided to enter a Jefferson Society debate (or was it a Washington Society debate?) held in Jefferson Hall one year on this topic, just in order to request that my best friend "listen to me practice" so that I could secretly persuade her to vote along similar lines to your own argument here. It did have an effect, though. She had never voted and now she always votes and oddly enough she reminded me to vote this morning -- completely in earnest! I didn't win the "debate" that night (there were several folks who were stellar competitors who then later went through UVa Law School), but I completed the task I had assigned to myself and had a lvery memorable evening on the West Range. Perhaps your sister will read what you've written here, and you will have won her over, as well! : )<br />Ginger McCarthyhttp://www.gingermccarthy.comnoreply@blogger.com