The Value of Raising a Stink

TheInquiringEye

Posted: May 9, 08 4:05pm

What do you think?

You see a puddle on the supermarket floor. You do nothing to clean it up except bring attention to it? Is there value in that?

You see a woman being raped and you scream bloody murder. You dont raise a finger against the offender. You dont call the police. You dont even give the woman a blanket. Is there value in that?

You see big problems in the country that you live. You make provocative statements in various arenas, and as a result discussion ensues. You dont vote, you dont write to legislators, you dont move away. You just bitch your brains out. Is there value in that?

I say, most definitely. Infact, the bitching you do brings more attention and maybe even action than any silent vote or outraged letter will ever do.

Do you agree?

TheInquiringEye

9 Comments // 6 Members

Posted: May 9, 08 4:36pm

What do you think?

You see a puddle on the supermarket floor. You do nothing to clean it up except bring attention to i...

Hopefully the action you refer to will include yours. You certainly are not shy about flattering yourself but I am confused. Are you saying that you saw someone raped and walked away? Maybe we should be defining the word coward.

Posted: May 9, 08 4:46pm

Hopefully the action you refer to will include yours. You certainly are not shy about flattering yourself but I am con...

No need to be nasty, hon.

TIE

Posted: May 9, 08 4:50pm

Hopefully the action you refer to will include yours. You certainly are not shy about flattering yourself but I am con...

I am starting a new thread. It is a break off from Love it or Leave it. Several responses suggested to vote or write to legislators. I am counter-suggesting that there is value in raising a discussion. Please, agree or disagree, but dont call me names, dear.

TheInquiringEye

Posted: May 9, 08 5:13pm

What do you think?

You see a puddle on the supermarket floor. You do nothing to clean it up except bring attention to i...

I agree! Sometimes that is all you can do and it has value but you should also do as many other things as possible.

Posted: May 9, 08 6:01pm

What do you think?

You see a puddle on the supermarket floor. You do nothing to clean it up except bring attention to i...

Yes I do agree. Our country was founded on bitching (taxation without representation is bitching).

Bitch! Vote! Write letters to elected officials and rewrite when they don't respond. And sometimes we have to take the law into our own hands.

Sadly, this past week some dirtbag tried to commit some kind of crime (carjack, steal a woman'd prescription drugs -- I can 't remember) a young man takes off on his motorcycle after the dirtbag only to crash into a SUV and die. .In perfect hindsight he and his family would ahve been better off if he just called the cops.

Posted: May 9, 08 6:08pm

What do you think?

You see a puddle on the supermarket floor. You do nothing to clean it up except bring attention to i...

So far, this looks like an attempt to justify failure to participate directly in government.

You have a constitutional right to bitch about government but doing so without voting is a bit like pissing into a gail. You get wet and look stupid.

Posted: May 9, 08 6:42pm

So far, this looks like an attempt to justify failure to participate directly in government.

You have a constitutiona...

Course there always is the perspective that failing to vote by others simply gives my vote more weight so.....? I have watched with great interest the enthusiasm exhibited by people who have just won their right to vote and the large percentage of those people who then vote as they relish this opportunity. I have also read with interest the low voting turnouts in the United States and how many of those who don't vote say it is the government's fault. Of course it would be <sarcasm>! Perhaps those who don't vote for one reason or another would benefit from living in a part of the world where that opportunity is denied to them. My quess is they would never skip voting again.