Yep, exactly, you're right, john. Since, in Europe as in the States, ALL
politicos sell you junk, and I don't want to be sold junk, i have not voted
in eons....

You could not have been more on target, John.

Christian

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : John Lee [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Envoye : mardi 23 mars 2004 17:17
> A : [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
> Objet : Re: [HP3000-L] OT: The cycle of democracy
>
>
> At 09:50 AM 3/22/04 +0100, Christian Lheureux wrote:
> >John wrote after Yosef :
> >
> >> >In politics "States Rights" like "Civil Rights" is a red
> >> herring. Everyone
> >> >is pursuing there own vested interests. Republicans are
> no worse than
> >> >Democrats and no better. Neither has the interest of the
> >> working people in
> >> >mind. Each doles out small drabs of hope. Each reels in the
> >> poor fools that
> >> >attempt to turn that hope into reality.
> >>
> >> Yosef, this is a terribly depressing view of life, isn't
> it??  I don't
> >> think that people are this downtrodden and helpless.
> >
> >It's not a particularly depressing view. It's very realistic
> to assume that
> >politicos of all flavors do not have any form of public
> service and/or
> >public interest in mind. All they do is basically sell
> themselves of their
> >platforms as the current talk-of-the-day, and them sell the
> same overcooked
> >merchandise over and over at each election. To me, electoral
> platforms are
> >the equivalent of microwaved leftovers, with no taste, and
> re-hashed over
> >and over every 2/4/5/6 (underline your local legislative
> body's term length)
> >years.
> >
> >IMHO, believing in politicos' sincerity is like, say,
> believing in Santa
> >(called Father christmas, here, btw).
> >
> >In other words, I view Yosef's statement not as depressing, but as
> >realistic.
> >
>
> You don't have to believe what they tell  you.  In fact, you
> have a civic
> duty to replace them if they're selling you junk, just as
> you'd stop doing
> business with any junk merchant.  You have the power...use it.
>
> John Lee
>

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