pre-election message from a radio commentator

"The legislative elections are tomorrow. So remember: if there is a candidate you really like, you have an ideal candidate, by all means go and vote for him. But if you don’t have a candidate you really like, remember, you don’t have to vote. You know who has the highest voting rate? Dictatorships. When Iraq held elections under Sadam Hussein, they had a 99.7% voting rate. It’s laughable. Don’t let anyone tell you that if you don’t vote, you are doing a disservice to the country or you don’t care about public affairs. There are a lot of ways to express the fact that you care about public affairs. You don’t have to vote. That’s what happens in a democracy: people feel comfortable enough to participate in a wide variety of activities, and it doesn’t have to be elections. So if you don’t vote tomorrow, don’t feel like you owe something to someone, don’t feel like you have failed your country in some way.” The commentator then went on to criticize both parties, the KMT for their past dictatorship and the DPP for their current inability to accept internal opposition. And then it was time for the English school commercials.