Why don't I vote? Two reasons my friend. Two very important reasons.
1) We all know, whether we took basic statistics and probability
classes back in college or not, that your chances of getting in a
car crash and dying on your way to the polls is like a hundred times
greater than your chances of actually having your one vote
affect the election outcome. And that is a risk I am simply not
willing to take. I've got a wife and four kids for Christ's sake!
2) And this one's really the crux of it: I've noticed as I've grown
and matured that some of my beliefs have tended to
change over time. I'm sure the same has happened to you. Surely you can think
of a belief that you had, say 10 or 15 years ago, that you no
longer have -- something that you thought was true, but you now
believe is not. So when it comes to voting I have this fear: What
if I were to vote for a candidate who I thought was right and
good, and then that person wins by just one vote. And then, what if at some
point later on I get new, valid information that causes me to change
my view on the person, 180 degrees. In that case I'd be looking
at a situation where I, Dan Green, was personally responsible for
voting in a goddamned heel. And I would never be able to live with
myself! Not gonna happen!
