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02/20/2004 Archived Entry: "The Referendum Won By Massive Boycott and Civil Disobedience"

Posted by steve @ 04:43 PM EST [Link]

STAYING HOME: Here in Sudbury -- home of Enter Stage Right -- we have a good reason to stay in today: it's snowing like no one's business. In Iran, they have an even better reason: boycotting the election. According to Project: Free Iran, millions have decided to skip the election.

[Update - 5:01pm] - Meanwhile the media says it's not clear how effective the boycott was.

Replies: 2 comments

I've never really bought into the concept of election boycotts. Unless they drive the overall turnout so low as to deprive the end result of its legitimacy, I don't see what purpose they serve other than to insure that the bad guys - from the perspective of the boycotters, at least - win.

How's the snow?

Posted by W. James Antle @ 02/21/2004 12:11 AM EST

Still falling.

I think you can argue that the bad guys would have won either way given the number of reform candidates who weren't allowed to run. Also, you can at least say that you didn't give the regime a stamp of legitimacy by voting.

Posted by Steven Martinovich @ 02/21/2004 03:17 PM EST