--- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > The US political season is upon us again. Non-US residents are bracing > themselves for a year and a half of non-stop political bickering and > posturing clogging most of the bandwidth of the Internet, much of it (on > the part of both the politicians and the people dissing them or > supporting them) consisting of complaining. Americans these days seem to > view their own politics as a kind of James Bond-like 007 License To > Complain. So I'm going to take advantage of my American status (expat > though it may be) and complain about that. :-) > > Watching American politics play themselves out (at least on the > Internet, which is my primary portal into them), is for me a lot like > watching "Spartacus: Blood And Sand." It's a gladiatorial sport. > Perrycus strides out onto the political sands to do battle with > Obamacus, and the crowd gets hard (or wet) with anticipation, because > blood is in the air. And from the crowd's point of view, the bloodier > the combat the better. They've got their stadium snacks and wine and > they just want the combat to begin so that they can cheer for their > favorites and boo the bad guys. > > When it comes to "bread and circuses," these days you can't do much > better IMO than American politics, and the discussions of them on the > Internet. > > If you're going to inflict another year and a half of this on the rest > of us on Fairfield Life, can you PLEASE do us a favor this season and > occasionally throw in something that is positive, and not a complaint? > For those who don't know the difference, complaining is bitching about > what or who you think are the "causes" of what you're bitching about > and/or trying to blame them for it. Positive is suggesting some way to > fix it. >
Is there an issue you want to fix or do you just want to complain people discussing issues about which you don't know or care? How would you even know the difference between a discussion and a complaint if don't know anything about the issue being discussed? If you're not interested in becoming more politically aware, don't complain about people who are. To know more about politics, you can start here: http://www.politicalcompass.org/test
