Votives = Voting Motives

Current Song Obsession: "I Don't Believe You" by The Magnetic Fields

Elections. There's a lot of those going on right now. Many teenagers hate politics and therefore aren't too excited about this; the general response is a yawn. However, democracy has given us a lot of things, like freedoms, rights, American Idol- Okay, I'm willing to put aside certain... misuses of voting to see that democracy is generally a good thing. A great number of people throughout history and around the world have died, protested, begged and pleaded for the right to vote. The funny thing is that, here in North America, we're a bit hesitant to get off our butts and fill in a ballot, especially as young voters. Today, a teacher asked me why I thought this was and I think people call into one of three catagories:
a) I'm too stupid to vote, which covers those who don't understand or aren't informed about politics, the voting system and the issues. (In my "expert" opinion, very few are truly too stupid to vote, though.)
b) Voting is too stupid, which is the catagory for those who thinks politics/voting/etc is too corrupt to change anything and that voting is a waste of time, and finally...
c) I don't care (enough), for those who can't be bothered to vote because they're busy, or don't check the candidates' websites to get informed because they need the time to floss their teeth.

All right, so you've already figured out where I stand. Tell me what you think. There's a poll on the lefthand side where you can even exercise your right to vote and the comments link is just below this post. Give me a shout, tell me I'm wrong, agree completely, I don't care; just say something! (But also note that your ability to do so was assured by democracy... I'm just sayin')

Also, News: Hopefully we'll have a real, live podcast up up soon! The plans are in progress and there is talk of getting together quite soon, and once we have it recorded, it should only be a matter of time before we have something to show for it.

Always,
Megan