"Vote Or Die"

So last night on November 2, 2010 I voted for the first time. When I was younger I didn't really think it mattered or not but it really does. People fought for us to be able to vote so shouldn't we use that right? You may think your one vote won't matter much but it REALLY could make the difference in an election. If you don't vote you really don't have the right to sit there and complain about how things are being done in your community, because YOU didn't even attempt to help change how they happen. I understand people have busy lives but honestly it took like 5, 10 minutes tops. Why couldn't you take 5 minutes out of your day? People are always gonna have their opinions and believe that their vote doesn't really matter. They'll say the government is out to get us, blah, blah, blah. Whatever floats your boat but don't complain when things aren't going the way you would like them to go.