In article <4st034pjcnhtpdpvttpsjd7t4git670loe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>hrubin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Herman Rubin) wrote:
>>>>Not really. They still have representation. They can still call
>>>>their congressman and ask for help.
>>>He wouldn't be THEIR Congressman. With no vote, he is not answerable
>>>to them and hence has no obligation to represent them.
>>Then those who vote against their current Congressman have no
>>representation.
>That does not follow.
It does follow. For someone to represent you, he has
to agree with you, at least on key issues.
>They did have the right to vote. They may have lost, but they had the
>chance to exercise their right. And they have the chance to vote
>against the turkey at reelection time, if he does not represent him
>acceptably.
You seem unable to distinguish between the right to
vote and representation.
I have been in a position as a representative of the
Statistic Department in which I did not agree with
the position of the department. As a representative,
I felt I had to present the department's position as
forcefully as I could.
>Likewise those who had the right to vote but who chose not to, are
>represented, because they also can vote the guy out next time.
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This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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