It doesn't have to be a promise or commitment. An expression of intent is sufficient. Given that the ballots are secret, it's also an intent which can change at any time before the ballot and not be anyone's business. It's pretty much like arranging for a car-pool. I mean, here it's also not generally considered intrinsically rude for a candidate or their representatives to go door to door and, as dd-b mentioned above, allocate time to try to convincingly promote their platform to undecided or opposed voters inclined to have a discussion, as determined by asking which category the person who answered the door is in. Granted, it's certainly possible to do so in a rude manner, but that's generally considered something to avoid given the often associated drop in receptivity.
Also, hopefully it's not presumptuous to wish for good resolutions to the various personal reasons you are not the person with whom one might wish to mess just now. Well, I guess more than normal, since even normally you're formidable and not a person to mess with, though normally that's more accounting for metaphorical yield strength than fuse timing.
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Date: 2010-11-03 05:03 am (UTC)It doesn't have to be a promise or commitment. An expression of intent is sufficient. Given that the ballots are secret, it's also an intent which can change at any time before the ballot and not be anyone's business. It's pretty much like arranging for a car-pool. I mean, here it's also not generally considered intrinsically rude for a candidate or their representatives to go door to door and, as dd-b mentioned above, allocate time to try to convincingly promote their platform to undecided or opposed voters inclined to have a discussion, as determined by asking which category the person who answered the door is in. Granted, it's certainly possible to do so in a rude manner, but that's generally considered something to avoid given the often associated drop in receptivity.
Also, hopefully it's not presumptuous to wish for good resolutions to the various personal reasons you are not the person with whom one might wish to mess just now. Well, I guess more than normal, since even normally you're formidable and not a person to mess with, though normally that's more accounting for metaphorical yield strength than fuse timing.