Sunday, July 6, 2008
Unplanned, but Wonderful
Last night, a friend had a campfire in her backyard. By the time everyone came, there were four girls and one guy (my friend's...unofficial boyfriend?!?). We spent most of the night listening to music and just talking about random things, like how drunk certain people (not me) were the night before. After one girl left, we somehow got onto the topic of the elections. We talked a bit about parties, about specific candidates, that kind of thing. Eventually we started talking about issues. We discussed immigration, gun control, the environment, the economy, education, nearly everything. It was completely random, but really refreshing. I'd forgotten how good it is to have a nice, intellectual discussion. Some politicians discount us as a demographic, because, historically, we don't vote. This election is changing that, though. Our generation is becoming informed and politically conscientious. It's a wonderful thing to see, because, in all honesty, we're going to be running this country in 20 or 30 years, not our parents. Why shouldn't we care about shaping it up before we get there?
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It's important for us to give a crap. I think that we're a smaller portion of the time politicians spend dedicate to campaigning because political issues often affect us LESS directly.
But it's good to be well-informed, and a good intellectual conversation ALWAYS is refreshing.
A couple different friends and I had another in the car last night, on the way to swing dancing. Because of it, I need to check out Nader.
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