Vote for Mumboji Jumboji
February 1, 2007 | Filed Under Jumboji, Mumboji, Point of View | 12 Comments
Jumboji: So what’s your take on voting v/s not voting.
Mumboji: I don’t mean to preach but it’s foolish to not vote. If you don’t vote, you give up your democracy. You don’t care as to who comes to power and subsequently you relinquish your right to crib about the state of your surroundings. The right to crib is the best right to have. Most people can’t live without cribbing.
Jumboji: So how many people around you have voted today?
Mumboji: I work in an organization which has amongst the best educated youth in the country. Yet most of them are not registered voters. And a lot of those who are registered, didn’t vote today. These people are so involved in making money for themselves and for their country that they don’t really care who squanders their hard-earned money and how….
Jumboji: But aren’t all candidates who fight for power the same? Blood-suckers.
Mumboji: That’s a perception. It could be true but I would like to believe it isn’t true. There are people who might be good. And particularly for such people one can’t relinquish their vote.
Jumboji: But my vote is just one amongst thousands….
Mumboji: Your vote is not a minuscule entity. It is power. In a democracy the beauty is that the power is equally distributed to people in the form of a vote. You can’t do too much with this power but it is necessary to use it, lest someone else uses your power. We mustn’t waste that power we have.
Jumboji: Mebbe you are right.
Mumboji: I am right.
