Saturday, May 19, 2007

Absurdania

That should be the name of this country. Today, millions of Romanian citizens are living in the more civilized countries of Europe. The foreign affairs minister pompously said that their votes will not be hindered. Well, if we count the 18,212,980 on the lists, minus 639,870 (the number of ballots sent abroad!), we have 17,573,110 voters expected to come to the poll centers in the country. Well, I don't think there are today in Romania so many human individuals! That means, if all individuals having the right to vote are going to vote, we'll have a percent of participation around 65. As we cannot count on that, probably that percent will be (on aggregate, home and abroad) somewhere around 50, if we are optimistic. Add here the way of putting the question, which will let many as bewildered as if they would be in front of a Martian, and you'll have a result at heaven's will. Now, what did all those surveys counted? What all these "politicians," "sociologists," "political analysts," etc. are discussing? The vote of the people? What people?

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