@Change_is_close
"so what you're saying is that even if you KNOW that voting won't change the status of the affairs, your duty is fulfilled by voting?"
No, yaar. Read what I write. I wrote "No, Off course I want the party I believe in to win, but that is not a cardinal point."
For me "cardinal point" means that I am not going to vote for a party just because it can win. Then I could have voted for PPP or PML-N. What it means is that I will vote for a party, which fulfills as many of my demands/ideals/vision etc. as possible.
My duty goes even further than to "vote", f.ex. to make a good impact all around by showing what I stand for and to defend my position as to why I support a certain party.
"let's get this straight, do you believe IK will be able to secure 51% seats and make it to the top slot? do you think that the waderaz, jageerdarz, and chaudhries will let IK work in their territories to target and convince the 65-70% vote from the rural areas?"
First of all, I doubt very much that IK will have majority in the next elections. Maybe the next one again provided PTI gets a chance to lead at least one province. If the impact is promising then a sweep could happen. My belief in PTI is maybe not overwhelming - not because of lack of potential, but because Pakistanis have a very poor judgement of character. In most of our history people have been voting for more or less dubious characters. Even our religious parties are involved in all kind of dirty business. In short most parts of our society is corrupt/worthless.
I believe there is only one chance of PTI winning in the coming elections and that is IF the SILENT majority get moving i.e. come out to vote for a change. Generally Pakistani elections attract very few people (10-30%) and thus there is a big potential in addressing the SlLENT majority (70+ percent)! But still the challenge is enormous, because PTI stands for a change and the current crooks don't want a change and the people are not willing to make sacrifices.
Posted 2 years ago on 12 Feb 2010 13:32
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