excessive cynicism about politics is a cop-out


	excessive cynicism about politics is a cop-out

Lexica

5-17-2008 10:02 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a3536e7a-9d0d-4b42-b220-cae287785517/68A4EFC8-BB8F-4F0E-9962-F5DE91520564/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/06/to-do-in-sf-tibet-ra.html#comment-159618" href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/06/to-do-in-sf-tibet-ra.html#comment-159618" style="font-size: 11px;">www.boingboing.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/06/to-do-in-sf-tibet-ra.html#comment-159618"><P>if our opinions don't matter, why do corporations and the government go to so much trouble to suborn them?</p> <P>I distrust counsels that say we're politically powerless and shouldn't bother to act. For instance, <I>"Don't vote -- it only encourages them"</I> is completely backward. The <I>them</I> in that sentence are hugely encouraged when we don't vote, just like they're encouraged when we don't speak up.</p> <P>I've never been preached at to give up some bit of political power when there wasn't some entity loitering there, waiting to snatch up what I put down.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/68A4EFC8-BB8F-4F0E-9962-F5DE91520564/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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