Bad taste or not, there is a point to be made...

"If we vote for this government to continue we deserve to get shafted..."

There is an element of consent there in that by voting for them we know what will happen to us.

If I know a man to be a serial rapist and I then go to his house and get in bed...

I think the difference is significant.

Do we deserve still to get 'shafted' to use your term?

We all make mistakes. Some never learn from theirs

mp