Today is a great day to exercise your civil rights. I did, even though I basically had to run around the entire city getting one lousy piece of paper so that I could vote. Therefore, go patriotic Brennan.
The moral of this story is that if you really want to vote, you should. If you don't want to vote, don't complain about anything in Canada, since you choose not to exercise your civil rights. The people that drive me crazy are the ones that say there isn't anyone they want to vote for. That's insane. You can't tell me that you don't like all six very different people, male and female, middle aged or older, with different ideas on how to run the country and serve you properly in your riding who've banged on your door to talk to you about what issues you consider important. On top of that, even if you don't like your candidate in your riding/area, you should be able to say whether or not you like one of the main party leaders, and that every seat they have can make a difference for a certain platform that will benefit you, probably directly.
I don't think people need to be expertly informed to make a good decision by voting, but I do think people need to make a decision.
Get out and vote, and make a difference.
3 comments:
Our Polling station was in the big catholic church by here... don't see the separation between church and state there;)
Not to 'one up' but I'd just like to point out that in order to do my civic duty I had to send applications forms across the ocean AND go through airport-like security a few times in order to get and then turn in my ballot. I'd also like to point out that the front desk staff at Canada House on Trafalgar Square aren't very friendly. Shame on them for sullying our (stereotypical) national image! =)
I'd just like to point out to Cpt. Anon that administrators, by and large, are not allowed to be friendly.
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