It had to do with rebellion and slavery, etc. The gist of one part was that it is safer to constructively engage society than it is to ignore it.

For example, if Marc Emery wasn’t a public political figure, if instead he had been living in a yurt in the interior, I suspect the Feds wouldn’t have delayed his extradition at all. He’d be in the middle of a decades-long American incarceration right now.

If the fact that the city (and provincial and federal governemnts) take your money and then decide how to spend it is not enough to “engage” you, then what is?

Word. You ride the bull, or the bull rides you.

My reaction to low voter turnout is mostly “I don’t care” and a little “good”! If voting is not physically accessible or if people actually cannot vote, then I think that is a significant problem that should be solved. And I’m in favour of some proposals to make it even easier to vote, such as the federal Bill C-40 to increase advanced polling days and, more significantly, to effectively create two polling days by having an “advanced polling” day on the day before polling day with the same locations and hours as polling day.

But the lack of voter turnout doesn’t bother me. If people don’t care or are uninformed or lazy, I’m glad that they’ve taken themselves out of the election.

“Sinking voter turnout is a concern to me because it means people are not engaged.”

Really? If the fact that the city (and provincial and federal governemnts) take your money and then decide how to spend it is not enough to “engage” you, then what is?