Ever since Timmy Ho's came out with that extra large coffee for less than two dollars I find myself running train on a Ho's drive-thru every now and again. But I have to say, the coffee seems very watered down. I really do not like it very much, it is never as satisfying as the other big names or the coffee I make at home.
I sincerely hope you win though, maybe they know that you are not really a canuck....
Back to the topic at hand, I said I would continue expanding on numbers 2 and 3 from my previous post, here is what they are: 2) the system tacitly fosters the idea that "winning" is more important than doing what is right (this is created partly by the onus on loyalty and partly by the competitive nature of our culture at large), and 3) the system leads people to be mildly aware of political issues they vote for, but doesn't require them to understand their point of view, or their vote, beyond the party label.
After reading this again I think it would be prudent to read the final two reasons in reverse order. It is partly because a person's awareness of politics rarely transcends the party label that the process of voting becomes more about winning than knowing what or who to vote for. That vooting booth experience that I described in the earlier post really makes me question how democratic our system really is given the participation. Democracy has to be more of a two-way street between the representatives and the represented if it is going to work as it was intended.
Where you at Zach?
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