I'm not saying it wasn't legitimate or legal, just that _most_ of us did not vote for it, which is why I felt "bone headed people" was too much of a generalisation.
With power comes responsibility. The flip side of suffrage is responsibility. Abstaining from (or casting a blank ballot in) an election or referendum is, practically, dividing your vote amongst those who show up.
(Someone who is not eligible to vote is not really one of a country's people. They're its visitors, children, felons, what have you.)
(Someone who is not eligible to vote is not really one of a country's people. They're its visitors, children, felons, what have you.)