Scott spoke of political apathy on the Janis Joplin list... >I doubt the person on the Janis list put any thought behind it whatsoever. I'm also on that list, and I find it >interesting, but not surprising, that not one person on the Janis list even responded to this, while here >there have been numerous posts. Most of the people on that list are very young. I think jmdl is great and I am happy to read the political content (even though some hostile attitudes get rather tiresome!)... but just a word out to say that on some Tori Amos lists that I am on the average age is probably 20 or a little higher and there is plenty of political conversation (this month: are embargoes moral, should convicted felons be denied the right to vote, chads chads much ado about chads, etc). There may be a lot of apathy on the Janis Joplin list but to assume it is *because* list members are young is to forget about the many many politically apathetic adults... And it is to minimalize the many contributions of young people to civic life. Perhaps we should discuss why youth don't turn out to vote in large numbers... I think it has something to do with lack of power... a culture in which disparaging young people is normative and mostly unquestioned... etc. More of my two cents, Yael, ally to young people
