Then I overheard her arguing with someone at her table that the fact that she hadn't voted in the last election wasn't apathy, it was her expressing a clear and meaningful statement that neither candidate suited her needs... and, with the indignant thought "who the hell are you kidding, there's a war* on right now and apathy-in-the-name-of-idealism is the LAST thing we can afford," I lost interest and returned to my book.
Huh.
* not talking about Iraq.