Sebastiaan56
26th June 2007, 08:52 AM
As I spew my invective about our fascist government and the troubles of any number of worthy causes all over the place I keep getting this niggling little question "why dont you do something about it...?" Now this keeps me awake at night so please be patient.
The most obvious way is to join the fray either as a concerned citizen or even worse join some sort of political operation. Now lets suppose I could join the perfect party. It would actively promote peace and pull our troops out of all of the illegal operations we are engaged in the middle east. It would engage in social welfare in a kind of non paternalistic way that would empower people to live good, righteous lives. It would balance the budget and ensure fair exchange between employees and employers, etc, etc. We would protect the environment, particularly old growth forests, whilst embarking on a breeding program to grow Curly Maple, Ebony and Mahogony in Australia.
Frankly I nauseate myself when I write it all down and I cant imagine such a party. This means that I either have to start such a party or cherry pick policies I like from the offerings on the ballot paper. I used to vote informal as a protest to the shennanigans but that struck me as being inneffective. Now I work slowly through the policies and choose the lesser of evils. 30 years ago it was over the fence at the Springboks game.
Gutless huh,
Sebastiaan
The most obvious way is to join the fray either as a concerned citizen or even worse join some sort of political operation. Now lets suppose I could join the perfect party. It would actively promote peace and pull our troops out of all of the illegal operations we are engaged in the middle east. It would engage in social welfare in a kind of non paternalistic way that would empower people to live good, righteous lives. It would balance the budget and ensure fair exchange between employees and employers, etc, etc. We would protect the environment, particularly old growth forests, whilst embarking on a breeding program to grow Curly Maple, Ebony and Mahogony in Australia.
Frankly I nauseate myself when I write it all down and I cant imagine such a party. This means that I either have to start such a party or cherry pick policies I like from the offerings on the ballot paper. I used to vote informal as a protest to the shennanigans but that struck me as being inneffective. Now I work slowly through the policies and choose the lesser of evils. 30 years ago it was over the fence at the Springboks game.
Gutless huh,
Sebastiaan