>>>Some years ago there was an MP by-election in this constituency. Since a general election was due within a few months there was a lot of national interest on the outcome. I remember seeing one old guy being asked on TV how he was going to vote. He said "Oh - I don't do that - it only encourages them"
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>>He was correct
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>Kind of like the line from Candide where he observes the hanging of Adm Bing and says that from time to time the British find it necessary to hang an admiral "to encourage the others" <bg>

Ahhh motivation. motivation. motivation. It just gets things does doesn't it?