[ginko]

You indirectly voted in the EP election.

Well, I hope you did. Otherwise you don't have any right to complain.

[wsc981]

George Carlin had another perspective: "If you vote, you have no right to complain":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIraCchPDhk&feature=youtu.be...

[alextgordon]

I voted Green, then I found they want to shut down ITER. Bastards! Should have stayed home.

[abloodywar]

How can you even say that you forfeit your rights to complain if someone supposedly didn't vote?

What if every choice is a bad choice? Would you be required to support something you don't approve of - simply to be allowed to voice your opinion?

[saint_fiasco]

You can go vote and write in 'Lady Gaga' or something. The important part is that you getup and go "vote", to signal that you care.

Otherwise, politicians won't be able to tell whether you are dissatisfied or just uninterested. If you are explicitly dissatisfied, they might try to do something to get your vote. Hopefully by enacting good policy.

[yxhuvud]

An indirect vote is not "the same thing except in name" as a direct vote.