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Originally Posted by Daradon
I am articulating here that I am just exercising democracy. It was more meant to be an invitation/heads up/update, but I ended up having to defend myself.
When people don't participate in freedom, they eventually lose it. We are seeing that very nearby. Think of this as a vaccination so we never need surgery.
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I like how you responded to Jiri's complaint about how these protests are unspecified with more unspecified arguments. "Just exercising democracy"? Some vapid argument that not protesting means we risk losing freedom?
Don't get me wrong, I respect your right to protest, and I would never say "you're an idiot for joining in", but the purpose of this is so vague that I simply can't bring myself to care. To me, your expression of democracy is akin to writing in "none of the above" on an election ballot. Yeah, you expressed yourself, but in the end you have failed to accomplish anything.
And the truly sad part is that if you go down to City Hall on any given weekend, there is usually a group protesting something. Pro-military, anti-war, pro-Libyian rebels, anti-rodeo, etc. These people have specific messages they want to get out to the public, and only the people who happen to be traveling down 1st S.E. ever see it. Yet this mess of a protest will probably be the lead story on the evening news. A fairly sad reflection on what we place our values in, if you ask me.