Reply #20: OK, so they're no good for you, and...

[TreasonousBastard]

they don't really do all that much for me either, but there's that baby/bathwater thing.

Truth is, I'm pretty sick of the whole mess by now. And I'm really sick of gasbags rallying like crazy and nothing happens.

Been dealing with this since the '60s and found out long ago you get more done working in the background letting the rabble go out and rouse itself. Sometimes, it nice to get the problem noticed by the public, but other times it's embarassing to offer a solution just to be associated with some blowhard with a microphone. "Activism" comes in many forms, and the proof is in the results-- which are rarely to everyone's satisfaction.

Can't tell you how many times, and not just in politics, when I sat in awe of how long some people could argue over where to order the pizza from while the rest of us were just wnated a little nosh.

Really reinforces your faith in humanity when you listen to a long impassioned speech about hunger from someone who then says the empty food bank down the road really isn't his problem.

But, we slog on in an imperfect world...