election thoughts
Oct. 8th, 2004 09:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darren_strangerA lot of people, myself included, have been expressing disgust at the obscenely cynical "what's in it for me?" thrust that's characterised most of this election campaign. For a bit of solace, it's probably worth remembering that most people who have given more than a passing thought to the matter have already decided how they're voting long ago (as grrlock mentioned), and those who are voting on principle even moreso, so the election campaign really is just pitching at the apathetic, Don't Give A Toss demographic.
It's at least reassuring to realise that it's not that nobody out there gives a shit about anything more than their own hip pocket, just that those who do care aren't the ones being wooed. The sad thing is still that it does mean it's those same apathetic shits who are being bribed and rewarded and may be the ones with the casting vote on who we get running this show.
Either way, if we do get stuck with Howard and his horribles for another three years, or if we get to see how Latham's lot do things differently, there'll still be a lot of decent people out there and still a lot of cretinous arseholes (and plenty in between), same as it ever was.
But, for the sake of all that's decent, fair and generally uncunty, here's hoping we're finally going to see Howard's end. (No, not *that* end - ewww).
Kick the grime of this world in the crutch, dear..
THROW HOWARD OVERBOARD!
It's at least reassuring to realise that it's not that nobody out there gives a shit about anything more than their own hip pocket, just that those who do care aren't the ones being wooed. The sad thing is still that it does mean it's those same apathetic shits who are being bribed and rewarded and may be the ones with the casting vote on who we get running this show.
Either way, if we do get stuck with Howard and his horribles for another three years, or if we get to see how Latham's lot do things differently, there'll still be a lot of decent people out there and still a lot of cretinous arseholes (and plenty in between), same as it ever was.
But, for the sake of all that's decent, fair and generally uncunty, here's hoping we're finally going to see Howard's end. (No, not *that* end - ewww).
Kick the grime of this world in the crutch, dear..
THROW HOWARD OVERBOARD!
