I have to tell you a story related to this
"We in our family have always voted on..."
It was in the 90's and it happened just before the Swedish election.
I was on my way home from my adult education. I jumped on the bus.
Had barely sat down when someone tapped me on the shoulder.
I turned around to see who it was. It was an elderly woman about 60-70 years old-Not sure.
She leaned toward me and said
- Are you going to vote in the election
- Of course, I said
From then on and 10 minutes on she
came up with a stream of verbal vomiting over her favorite party, the Social Democrats:
And she ended her speech with
Never again I say to you, will I put a vote on that party.
There was not much I could say to her.
Now we jump ahead some month after the election.
Again I was on my way home and sitting on the bus.
On this bus this day, was also this elderly woman.
She looked at me and started talking to me.
- Haven't I seen you before, she said.
Yes, we were talking before the election, about voting I said
- Oh that's true, she said, and continued.
- So did you vote.
Yes I said
So did I, I put my vote on my beloved party the Social democrats which we always have done in our family she said.
The first word that came up in my mind was
conditional action
Some years later I saw a documentary about Pavlovs dogs.
When I saw that program I came to think on this elderly woman on the bus.
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