''Vote or Die''

Buena Sera Amici,
today's Moment of Zen will be about the fact that many people do not vote! The reason why I am coming up with this topic simply is that there will be three elections - very importantn ones - here in Germany coming up in the next few months. I don't wanna talk around the matter...so GO VOTE!!! As I said at the beginning many people do not make use of their right to vote...a very important right...a right many people fought and died for....the main abutment of democracy. C'mon guys...I don't wanna hear things like: ''Ahhh, I'm not voting because all the politicians are telling lies and are jerks'' Yes, it might be true that some, no many politicians are lying and jerks...but nevertheless GO VOTE! You might think if you don't give your voice it won't mind because it's just 1 voice! But the problem is that millions think this way. This makes it possible for radical right-winged parties to achieve a ridiculously high percentage of voters. A couple of years ago it happened that in the German state of Saxony the very right - winged party ''NPD'' got more than 5 percent and became thus part of the senat. Ok, let's be serious on this...they do not have any influence on politics with 5 point something percent...but if more and more people refuse to vote the ''power'' of such parties will increase because young voters are often convinced to vote radically by right - winged party - members. Listen folks, there will be three elections coming up this summer and fall...make your cross or to say it with P.Diddy's words: ''Vote or Die''...don't be too serious with that quote though ;).

Catch you all next week,
Sebastian