Sergeant Thorne wrote:
The truth is we need people to act as full-time representatives in the political/government arena, but every one of us needs to be actively involved in the affairs of government, as touching our lives. It's just that politics have been made into such a soap opera...
There's a difference between being actively engaged in government, and engaging in pointless debates where it isn't possible to make the other side see your point of view; that point of view is as alien to them as their point of view is to you. I think it's great to pay attention to your government and politics and general, and do something -- at the very least it gives you the right to complain when the government does something you don't like -- but that something you do should be productive.
These debates go nowhere and they're a waste of time for anyone except the government -- the best we can do is agree to disagree, and we don't do that nearly enough. If you want something to happen, you have to get out there and
make it happen! If there's one thing video games, and the stories of video games, can teach you, it's that.
I'm an advocate for people with disabilities, I'm an environmentalist... I can't stand to watch people debate these issues and try to get approval from people they don't even know, when the course of action should be... action. If you want your conservatives to win your election, go and help them win it! I may be hoping your liberals will win, but I can't stop you, so you don't need my permission.
