Does John Edwards lose the British Vote?

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[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Also m'dear, we don't get to vote in your elections; much though we'd like to sometimes.
But the classical English Stoicism of yore is less now, in this new millennium. We haven't as yet reached US levels of hysteria; but the news channels are making a big thing of it all; and since the public outpouring of 'grief' at the death of Diana I don't feel at all secure in the idea that our phlegmatic nature (seen in collective terms) will ever re-etablish itself. How damnably dull. A pose should have poise. If we're going to be indifferent in the face of major things like missed breakfasts or awful coffee, we should remember that small things like terrorism or death require the same indifferece.
Submission to fear has no style.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

indifference, dammit. I really should check my spelling.

[masquedbunny.livejournal.com]

Hmm, there's an idea. For all the American citizens who don't vote (and that number is embarrassingly high), other people in other countries could bid for the right to vote in their place. We might get a leader that the rest of the world is satisfied with and pull ourselves out of the red.

I, too, wish that indifference had equal opportunity across the board. The national news channels attempt to give us nightmares every other day, which is a totally useless tactic after a while. As for hysteria, one can't live in constant terror--eventually you're numb to it ... and I think the phlegmatic nature you spoke of is a direct numbing response to the years of Blitz, a response that is unfortunately starting to wear off it seems.

But bomb scare at a local department store? The store said nothing, people continued to shop, and were none the wiser about the bomb squad detonating the device outside. Ignorance is bliss. If only we could be blissfully indifferent without the ignorance.

[j0kerr.livejournal.com]

"For all the American citizens who don't vote (and that number is embarrassingly high), other people in other countries could bid for the right to vote in their place."

Please tell me that is isn't one American who thinks this is a good idea. I can think of two countries that would like it though. Hint: think sand.