--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Charles HOPE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deirdre Straughan wrote:
>> The start of this thread was about "what can videobloggers do to >>help ourselves and others prevent this kind of disaster in future?" >>So now we're at "what can videoblogging do to improve the human >>condition?" I threw my hat into the ring - I think that voting is >>important and that if the poor (regardless of race) make their >>voices more heard by voting, it will help, though of course it won't >>solve everything. It is far easier for those in power to ignore the >>concerns of the poor when they know that most of the poor don't >>vote. I would hope that some compelling videos about politics, >>voting, etc. might help. (FWIW, I did what I could for voter reg >>last year with Democrats Abroad.) > > >Millions of the poor voted for Bush, and not because they were >suckered, but because he accurately reflected their values (of >patriotism, religion, and social traditionalism). In that sense Bush >is not ignoring the interests of the poor at all. Rather than blindly >increasing voting turnout I think one would wish to discourage >turnout among sectors not likely to see things the same way. This is bad, to promote subverting someone else right to vote on ideological grounds. -- Enric ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
