Glen Pearson writes in National Newswatch
“The days of hope, while we still wish for them, seem somehow to be moving out of reach. We have numerous causes but no cause, millions of voices but no voice. Every viewpoint counts for something, but if it can’t respect those it opposes, or seek to find common cause for building something better, then millions of voices can merely become a din. “
I believe that sums things up rather
well and just about the only thing we can be fairly certain of is
that when an election is called, be it next month or next year, the
din will become louder and the rhetoric more vicious.
The failure of the effort to bring in electoral reform leaves us with the system whereby we continue to be left with the conundrum of whether to vote for the best individual or indirectly for (or against) the party they represent (in theory they 'represent' us but thats not the way it works most of the time).
Are we headed, as its becoming elsewhere, a case of a vote with no voters or voters with no vote?
Hat Tip to Owen over at Northern Reflections for this one......
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