A Thought Question

[gnomi]

Is it wrong of me to vote against someone/something because there's an extraneous apostrophe in the signs supporting it?

(This question brought to you on account of today's town election in Brookline.)

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

This is the best reason ever to vote against something.

[dpolicar]

Why, you can't afford not to!

[madfilkentist]

Is that a sign for the Irish candidate, Barack O'Bama?

[thudthwacker.livejournal.com]

It's a rough call. There are times when I put myself on a particular side of an issue and am horrified by the company I find myself in, which makes me wonder if perhaps I've chosen poorly.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Absolutely not!

[caryabend.livejournal.com]

Not as a sole factor, perhaps, but if I were undecided, sure.

[madknits.livejournal.com]

Well, while the candidate approved it, s/he didn't write it.
Cut them some slack.

This time.

[crwilley.livejournal.com]

If the supporters of the measure seem otherwise literate, I don't know if I'd use one extraneous apostrophe as the sole reason for voting against something, although I'd probably admit to a vague squicky feeling as I marked my ballot.

Two apostrophes, on the other hand...

[bitty.livejournal.com]

no'pe.

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

Not as long as you tell them this is the reason why. :D

[cellio]

Depends on what the candidate is running for. This would totally disqualify for the school board...

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Sounds quite reasonable to me.