Not to put too fine a point on it, but GET OUT THERE AND VOTE. If democracy in Canada isn't working it's because we are all too laiden with Tim Horton's products to care. Marx called "religion the opiate of the people" but that was before double chocolate dipped donuts and on-line poker sites. We may not like what we have to choose from, but at least we still get to choose. If we give that up then we might as well get plugged into the Matrix and just let the system suck our energy 'till we die. I'm not going to advocate a particular political party, ideology or candidate in this forum because frankly I think the bigger issue is just getting YOU engaged with the process. It may well be that none of the parties or candidates really seems to reflect your issues and perspective, but that doesn't mean that you can't have access to them. But if you don't even get involved in choosing what hope can you have that there will be anyone to hear your voice?
Vote! Then you will have earned the right to truly vent spleen during the coming months.
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Hey Brian,
Nice encouragment for people to vote, since you had a gambling example you could point out that voting is a gamble in two respects. 1) are you on the winning team, like horse races. 2) is your team any good, like poker. The sad thing to realize is that in a democracy it is similar to gambling. You are always paying an ante, like taxes and the like, but failing to vote is always folding even if you have two studs down.
God Bless,
Rick
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