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When I was eighteen and got my right to vote. I wasn't really interested. I didn't have a burning passion to change the world. No British political party were telling me anything too radical, and I knew that it would most likely go a certain way. So I wasn't to bothered about it. Turns out alot of young people thought like me. That it was difficult to relate politics to our lives, so we didn't even try. I went on happily thinking like this. As I've got older, more and more issues have bothered me. I have listened to what other people have to say about things, laws and human rigts issues. The youth that think politics don't touch them are the future of this world.
Now even further from my mind was American politics. Not that they really should of been. I didn't even really consider them. At the moment I could probably tell you more about Bush and Kerry, than I could tell you about Blair, and I'm not sure if that's right or not. I'll talk about that in a second. My heart goes out to the American public at the moment, and I'll tell you why. America isn't greatly liked. For lots of reasons, in the eyes of the rest of the world they are looked on with distain. Whether it be with jealousy or whatever. America has people in it though, and people like me sometimes forget that. We look at America as a whole, and forget about the individual. America is fighting a war we don't all agree with. We look at America fighting it, but there are people with brothers, fathers, sisters, whatever, in that war doing their bit. There are people who have lost members of their family because of that. There are people who have to live everyday without their loved ones. People are suffering, and are looking for a way out of it. This election is very important.
Watching the news today, they are having a feature at the moment, talking to American folks, and getting their views on who should win. They did one on women yesterday. Today was a brother of a firemen who died in the tragic events of 9/11. This brought home to me just how important this election is. He said on the one hand you have Bush, who has lead you into a war, and in the eyes of many can probably lead you out of it. Not that people agree with everything that has gone on. Then there is Kerry, who doesn't believe in the war. Wants it to stop. So the options? Do you vote Kerry, and let the thousands that have died already, die for nothing. Or do you vote for Bush, and risk thousands more dying. This really brought home to me the importance of this election. We are relying on you America, to make the right decision for all of us. The lesser of two evils. Without a doubt.
Which brings me on to the point of this blog. I've found a site that is getting people from other countries to take part in the American election. As we know whoever you choose will have a huge effect in other places. So it will be interesting to see the outcome. You have to say which country you are from and then make your vote. They will be announcing the results on the 31st of October. Will be interesting to see. Here's the Link
Now even further from my mind was American politics. Not that they really should of been. I didn't even really consider them. At the moment I could probably tell you more about Bush and Kerry, than I could tell you about Blair, and I'm not sure if that's right or not. I'll talk about that in a second. My heart goes out to the American public at the moment, and I'll tell you why. America isn't greatly liked. For lots of reasons, in the eyes of the rest of the world they are looked on with distain. Whether it be with jealousy or whatever. America has people in it though, and people like me sometimes forget that. We look at America as a whole, and forget about the individual. America is fighting a war we don't all agree with. We look at America fighting it, but there are people with brothers, fathers, sisters, whatever, in that war doing their bit. There are people who have lost members of their family because of that. There are people who have to live everyday without their loved ones. People are suffering, and are looking for a way out of it. This election is very important.
Watching the news today, they are having a feature at the moment, talking to American folks, and getting their views on who should win. They did one on women yesterday. Today was a brother of a firemen who died in the tragic events of 9/11. This brought home to me just how important this election is. He said on the one hand you have Bush, who has lead you into a war, and in the eyes of many can probably lead you out of it. Not that people agree with everything that has gone on. Then there is Kerry, who doesn't believe in the war. Wants it to stop. So the options? Do you vote Kerry, and let the thousands that have died already, die for nothing. Or do you vote for Bush, and risk thousands more dying. This really brought home to me the importance of this election. We are relying on you America, to make the right decision for all of us. The lesser of two evils. Without a doubt.
Which brings me on to the point of this blog. I've found a site that is getting people from other countries to take part in the American election. As we know whoever you choose will have a huge effect in other places. So it will be interesting to see the outcome. You have to say which country you are from and then make your vote. They will be announcing the results on the 31st of October. Will be interesting to see. Here's the Link
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