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 From: gtyr@gmail.com 
  
 "Tufnell Park"  wrote in message 
 news:qo48a6$j9i$1@dont-email.me... 
 > On 15/10/2019 11:13, Incubus wrote: 
 >> On 2019-10-14, Dave Plowman (News)  wrote: 
 >>> In article <7469qe1jev3q0rv8u1qpt7629h92i91p2k@4ax.com>, 
 >>>     Grik-basstarde€€€€€  wrote: 
 >>>> On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:49:53 +0100, Tufnell Park 
 >>>>  wrote: 
 >>> 
 >>>>> On 13/10/2019 14:08, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: 
 >>>>>> In article <58024f426echarles@candehope.me.uk>, 
 >>>>>>      charles  wrote: 
 >>>>>>>> you people need more realism and more imagination or even 
 >>>>>>>>       experience in other countries 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>>> I have, thank you. I've met plenty of very nice Germans.  Those who 
 >>>>>>> wanted to "enslave us" were the knuckledraggers> 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>> It really does say a lot when anyone thinks all from any one country 
 >>>>>> are the same. 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>> Of course not surprising, given brexiteers talk about a vote where 
 >>>>>> approx 1/3rd voted with them being 'the will of the people'. 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> By the same logic less than 1/3rd voted to remain. 
 >>> 
 >>>> Indeed. 
 >>> 
 >>>>> You could just as easily argue that those who did not vote did not 
 >>>>> care 
 >>>>> if we left or not. 
 >>> 
 >>>> You have to wonder if some of these people understand the concept of a 
 >>>> majority! 
 >>> 
 >>> Everyone understands that. No need to try and dress it up by calling it 
 >>> the will of the people. Had it been a majority of those entitled to 
 >>> vote, 
 >>> that would be fair comment. 
 >> 
 >> It is still very much the will of the people.  Those who didn't bother to 
 >> vote 
 >> simply didn't care all that much and that is reflected in the result. 
 >> 
 > It's typical of Remoaners to claim that those who did not vote in the 2016 
 > referendum should be classed as Remainers, when it should be obvious to 
 > any reasonable person that the non voters would have views similar in 
 > proportion to the number of those who did bother to vote. 
  
 That€€€s very arguable. Its more likely that far more of those that 
 didn€€€t bother to vote don€€€t care whether the UK leaves or stays. 
  
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