dkv, many people are uncomfortable with such topics, and in very many cases, too many cases I would say, they refuse to address them. One of the excuses is that they are not competent to judge them, and that there are others, much more competent that cann address them (your argument). While such an approach is valid in physics, it's falacity is rather obvious in the social context of a democracy (social sciences). You elect your representatives, so you must judge them, their platforms and their actions, if indeed you are to uphold the underlying democratical principles you claim you adhere to.
Brushing such issues under the carpet will only undermine a democratic society, and its principles, to the point where the peoples themselves have to suffer the most. Which bring you to the issue of the average people's actions mentioned by D.A.Morgan, and others posting on this thread.
