Politics as Usual (or, Why I don't care.)
· Sep 15, 08:35 PM
Disclaimer: I do not participate in politics, nor do I adhere to one political ideal or another. I HATE politics, politicians and nations, all they stand for and the atrocities they’ve committed over the centuries. Those of you that are close to me know what I’m talking about and the source of these beliefs.
That being said…
My friend Steven is a passionate guy. When positively (or negatively) outrageous things happen, you can count on him to have an opinion on the matter.
Me and him like to share links to interesting news stories, LOL-tastic stuff, and the like.
Being an election year, the virtual news wire is inundated with stories about politics, extolling the virtues or condemning the scandal du jour.
So, Steve, being a guy who follows this kind of stuff closely, shares an item about the Wiretapping scandal that hit the government in the last couple years.
Cheney’s office hid wiretapping memos from White House chief of staff.
Me, quite sick with seeing POLITICS POLITICS POLITICS posted everywhere, replied to that story with the statement, “So?”
I later said, “…why should I care about this? Why should I waste my energy getting upset about something like this? I am shocked, SHOCKED, to find a politician hiding and lying about something.”
Steven wrote a post illustrating why I should care.
Basically, in a nutshell he said, (consolidating and paraphrasing here) ‘we hired them, so we should get mad about them doing stuff like this in our name.’
Well, Steven, I did not hire them. And I didn’t want to hire the other guy.
See, I think of myself, not as an American, but as a citizen of Earth. I only recognize borders and my citizenship for reasons of legality. Yes, I’m a taxpayer, but that doesn’t mean that just because I pay taxes, I should get involved.
Why get involved? It’s none of my concern. Do I care about the people that have died in this War? Of course I care about them and their families, but it’s not up to me to pass judgment on their Commanders and hold them responsible. Someone else (you know who) who has the Sovereign right will take care of that.
I don’t get outraged and upset by these things, because it’s what we EXPECT to happen. And frankly, it’s not healthy to get upset about something like this anyways.
Now, I’ll be the first to admit that I have a lot to work on. But, one thing I’m sure about is my neutrality. You see an outrage. I see a fulfillment.
Apathy? No…I like to call it Neutrality.