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I have to go and vote shortly
I'm mostly decided. (possibly a bit like "mostly harmless")
Referendums are fun. Really they are. The whole country starts talking like they have a clue what we're talking about. Which we don't. Really. The judiciary don't. The press don't. The public don't. The jargon is flying. it is times like this when, frankly, I feel a bit thick.
I read lots on the subject today. I don't feel a hell of a lot more enlightened. Its a bit like 2001: A Space Odyssey - just when I think I have a handle on it, a question comes up and it turns out that I don't. Seriously, I get to the end of that film and I go "yes! That's it! I finally understand! I can see it all so clearly!" and then five seconds later I'm "oh no. No, I don't actually. It's gone."
Maybe that blinding flash of understanding will strike as I enter the polling booth.
Unlikely really.
The only time I ever felt I fully got that film was when I watched it in college. Certain illicit substances could have been involved. I can't remember now. Neither can I remember what the revelation I had at the end of the film is, so not a lot of use.
Anyway, going to vote this evening. I may not know what for, but its my right and I'm going to seize it. I think I have a good basic handle on what's at stake. I hope I do. But I wonder how many voters actually understand what the Yes or the No mean.
Actually, I believe in voting, and in exercising your right to vote rather than sitting back and just bitching about the country. A lot of people didn't/don't have it. Make use of what you have.
I'm mostly decided. (possibly a bit like "mostly harmless")
Referendums are fun. Really they are. The whole country starts talking like they have a clue what we're talking about. Which we don't. Really. The judiciary don't. The press don't. The public don't. The jargon is flying. it is times like this when, frankly, I feel a bit thick.
I read lots on the subject today. I don't feel a hell of a lot more enlightened. Its a bit like 2001: A Space Odyssey - just when I think I have a handle on it, a question comes up and it turns out that I don't. Seriously, I get to the end of that film and I go "yes! That's it! I finally understand! I can see it all so clearly!" and then five seconds later I'm "oh no. No, I don't actually. It's gone."
Maybe that blinding flash of understanding will strike as I enter the polling booth.
Unlikely really.
The only time I ever felt I fully got that film was when I watched it in college. Certain illicit substances could have been involved. I can't remember now. Neither can I remember what the revelation I had at the end of the film is, so not a lot of use.
Anyway, going to vote this evening. I may not know what for, but its my right and I'm going to seize it. I think I have a good basic handle on what's at stake. I hope I do. But I wonder how many voters actually understand what the Yes or the No mean.
Actually, I believe in voting, and in exercising your right to vote rather than sitting back and just bitching about the country. A lot of people didn't/don't have it. Make use of what you have.
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