Sinister: I didn't mean to slag America off, just that ****ing film...
Last Thursday, me and my housemates had a vote to decide which drinks to buy from the supermarket. Out of the twelve of us, 3 voted for Coke and 2 voted for Pepsi. Which means we're all going to have to drink Coke and nothing else for the next 5 years. Of course, the rest of us would much rather have a cup of tea instead, but that's democracy for you. The other day, Sarah (I think) said:
Only 9% young people voted (grrr). Which means that 89% of young people are saying they don't want a democracy.
Anyone spot the basic flaw in the argument here? ;-) It is quite sad that the greatest political debate of our day isn't which party to vote for, but whether to vote at all. But after the lowest turnout in history, hopefully the politicians will realise they have to do something about it. The decision by so many people not to vote could well strengthen democracy in the long run. I'm consistently amazed that after 4 years of Tony Blair, anybody at all seriously believes that our current sham democracy is worth saving. Bolivia is more democratic than Britain - at least over there if most of the population disagree with and detest the leader, they can get rid of him (admittedly they may prefer to do it with a sub-machinegun, but at least it works...) So has anybody except list daddy Linda been to see B&S yet? Where is the usual cavalcade of posts describing what they played, what they wore and whether Isobel's bum looked big in it? I think this listener apathy is deeply damaging to our country, and going to concerts should be made compulsory for all people over the age of eighteen. Actually, I was mainly wondering if there is going to be a support band at any of the English concerts, I haven't seen anything mentioned about it yet. Speaking of concerts, is anyone going to see Pulp and the Tindersticks at the Guildford festival on August 3rd? Now that Napster has been shut down, it would be wrong of me to mention that AudioGalaxy.com is still up and running, and Jonathan David has been on there for 2 weeks, so I won't. Big Stu If I go shopping for a new pair of trousers and don't find any I like, is it apathetic not to buy any? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Bollocks to voter apathy. For a lot of people it's not a case of dissatisfaction with politics, it's just that they think their time is better spent sitting about scratching their bums than walking to the nearest school and deciding the future of their country. Even if you don't agree with any party, voting is one of the only times when you have the chance to stand in a "booth" and get the use that lovely word in a family situation, the only time you get to write with a genuine "Ballot Pencil" (that felt like 2B to me), and one of the few chances you have to go back to your primary school and be astounded by the low ceilings without being kicked out for looking shifty, like last time. It's better than scratching your bum. Mind you, I live near Kidderminster so things were a bit more exciting for us and our Independent MP, Dr Taylor. My mum has become distressingly millitant about the whole hospital thing and even stayed awake until half past two in the morning so she could scream at the telly when he won. It's good that Linda doesn't think much of Jonathan David. I agree more with David's mad eyed praise, but I think we should have more new-single-based arguments. They are fun. Let's have debates. Is Jonathan David really Stuart David's wee-free brother? Why does Stevie sing in a funny voice? Is the record a cynical attempt to sell more bibles? What will happen when Stuart Murdoch's voice breaks? Will he announce his intentions to become "the next Wogan" like Aled Jones once did? Is this actually a single or an EP? Where did I leave my teeth? Oh there they are! I ate far too many sardines this morning. Robin +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Robin Stout