Protest!Sit-ins. Walk-outs. Smashing up the headquarters of a major political party. Chaining yourself to the railings outside your local sweet shop because they changed Marathons to Snickers. How have you stuck it to The Man?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:24)
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Itake th opposite view. The reason it is good to protest is that barely anybody gives a fuck about the issues. This means that the voices of those who actually care and bother to do something about it actually make a difference. That's also the reason why politicians disproportionately target small single issue or highly motivated minority groups of people when campaigning for election, they know that a much higher proportion of them will vote.
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Again, another good point,but you can't deny that the people who care enough about something to actively protest it are in the minority. And the last election showed record voter turnouts.
Where I lived at the time people were actually turned away from voting! So even though you're right, and those motivated minorities are more likely to vote, on large issues such as the election they just get steamrollered by the "ignorant" majority anyway.
On top of which, I would be somewhat suspicious of any politican who was "targeting" me and not just representing my interests.
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PMGT -Bacon., Wed 17 Nov 2010, 19:26,
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