Don't stop participating! Politics is a necessary element of a thriving democracy, and participation is both your right and your responsibility. I encourage everyone to participate, even people that call me charming things like a good totalitarian follower (thanks Larry).
Your time commitments may make it difficult for you to invest the hours that some of us do on reading and research, but that shouldn't stop you from jumping in and asking questions. Just be aware that sometimes it gets rough in here. Politics is a rough and tumble sport. Then again, without democracy, the transfer of political power is decided by military conflict as often as not; by comparison, a few lies and insults traded back and forth is nothing, just a game. Try not to take it personally, it's better for your mental health. :-D On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Erika wrote: > Because I care about something so stupid as taxation ... and there's this > whole other laundry list of issues going on - and because I haven't spoken > about them - I must not care - and maybe I'm rambling a little here and what > I'm trying to say isn't quite coming out in words.... but to me, some of > you, all take on these subjects, and as authoritative as you all sound on > most of them, you, not all of you, just some, sure make me feel real dumb > and that I'm better off sitting on the sidelines and keeping my mouth shut. > > And if that's what I should do - someone should email me and tell me and > I'll never ask another dumb question about politics ever again. Or make > another dumb statement about politics ever again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268635 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
