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You’ve heard it before - we’re all
so
very clever that we’ve started missing the point. I’ve been enjoying the election
campaign for the last few days, taking a break from CNNi and Hala.
I’ve noticed a sad and telling manifestation of Externiality
In 90% of the vox-pops;
the quote is “oh, I don’t trust any of them”. The ‘voice of the people’ (or if
your Michael Howard - Peeeeeple) is so clever, so in-touch and informed that at
the question “are you interested in the policies of x” or “will you vote”, “do
you believe…”, “who do you trust…” they just smile - throw their hands up
and giggle “I don’t care” - “I’m tired with all of
them”.Well, I’m tired with it too -
“sick fed up” as my mother would put it, but I’ve got space and time to do a
little better than the totalistic “ITV said Tony Blair’s a liar… and Michael
Howard is Welsh… and there are too many choices… I’ll just sit under the
table like Mr. Wilson told me to” types. Saying these groups are the
disenfranchised or disillusioned
is so pretentious (that’s my new year’s resolution blown). British people are
just lazy, we wave a flag, watch the Queen, love war films and hate anyone who
wants to be a part of this great county… but vote? “No, I’ve done that
already”, “what for?” - someone said that to my face once, I got so angry (for
good
reasons).Anyway,
this is a bit of a warning, in the next few weeks Kalamazootopia will become a
musing-ground for my political stance and I’ll be yelling about what x just
said… etc. In my inaugural rant I said I wouldn’t, but it’s about time I
dropped the silence and defined myself (in a political
sense).