Voting - Estonian elections
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Michael10 Jan 2011 15:55
I am (cough) American born.... but have moved to Estonia and have spent much time in the last 5 years here. I am not a citizen... nor will I ever have that very special Estonian spirit running in my soul. But all in all, I cannot fathom any reason why wouldn't want to have dual citizenship.

As far as voting goes.... I had a very brilliant teacher in a political course who said something to the extent "an uneducated voter is a stupid voter". it was more elegant... but the point is that if you are not self-educated with a adequate grasp of the issues and/or positions, then there is no point in voting.

The question of whether or not to vote because you do not live in Estonia is a deeper moral decision. There will probably never be a definitive answer to this question.

That aside... if your vote could displace a Savisaar all would be good :)
birthright exercise10 Jan 2011 18:44
Just vote against Michael Ignatieff and his party. Then you have done your ultimate Estonian patriotic duty to vote against a tibla and don't have to worry about getting foreign passports. If that patriotic act is not enough for you, I can give you some address in Toronto where you can spend the rest of your life beating up tiblas.
.10 Jan 2011 19:17
Peeter Bush is refreshingly candid, even when that doesn't put him into the best possible light. I wish that some of our community big-shots could openly confess that they can't speak Estonian very well.
If Peeter - along with the rest of us - put a bit of effort into it, say, by reading the Estonian section of Eesti Elu, our ability with Estonian would improve, by leaps and bounds, very quickly.

Peeter -- get yourself an Estonian/European Union passport!
Then you can vote for a genuine patriot in Estonia.
Also, you may find a way of collecting welfare in Germany, old age pension in France, unemployment benefits in Spain, a disability pension in Italy, retraining benefits in Holland, and a baby bonus in Belgium.
Then you can retire to Saaremaa to live in the comfort of a king's cat.
Not voting?11 Jan 2011 13:28
As Riho Kruuv has said publicly, for those that don't vote someone else will do it for them. Hint. Hint. Knowing who to vote for is a grade school exercise. Get with the program. The country's too small to have apathetic onlookers.
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