Brett ([info]wakko) wrote,
@ 2003-12-11 01:03:00
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It's viewer poll time!
So... I know this seems to be an unhealthy fixation of mine as of late. However, there are reasons for that.

Right now, I'm kinda curious about those of you that actually follow my deluded ravings.

The Question of the Night:

What would it take for you to actually take action?

I realize that many of you are large enough armchair politicians that when The Man does yet another of his famously and stupidly tyrannic moves, you all rush to the Politics forum of your local messageboard and/or to your LJ and post how horribly offended you are and/or talk with your friends and associates about the offenses.

However, rarely do I see anyone I know actually doing anything about all these offenses. Thusfar, I'm guilty of this myself.

But... I'm curious about the rest of you.

What would have to happen before you literally dropped everything, abandoned your current life, and focused everything on stopping and/or changing the system?

Additional follow-up question to answer:

If you make seperate distinctions for various levels of action, (i.e. legally sanctioned methods versus actions that would likely brand you as criminal/traitor/treasonous) what would it take for you to decide to cross that line?

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[info]izzbot
2003-12-11 05:19 am UTC (link)
I usually stop listening to people who would much rather quote other people endlessly instead of coming up with and writing about their own political views.

That, and I vote.

Plus, every once in a while, I'll shut down I-5.

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[info]wakko
2003-12-11 07:28 am UTC (link)
Of course, none of this is relevant to the question.

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[info]izzbot
2003-12-11 09:14 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I misread the one question I was answering because it was @#^#&$%#%#$&%^&$^uck in the friggin' morning.

Wheee.


Let's just say, it would take a national invasion (or something on that scale) for me to change my existing tactics.

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[info]bertaberta
2003-12-11 11:52 am UTC (link)
To get me to abandon my current life to take action, something would have to happen that made my current life unliveable.

To be honest, my personal comfort and that of those close to me are more important than any sort of grand ideological/political stand.

I vote, I talk to people, share my ideas and make them flesh out the reasoning behind theirs. Beyond that, sorry, I'm not joining your militia until they're kicking down my loved ones doors.

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[info]wakko
2003-12-11 01:23 pm UTC (link)
Not that I was actually asking you to join anything, but it's good to know anyhow. ;-)

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[info]cthulu_bunny
2003-12-11 12:27 pm UTC (link)
In the event that something happened that affected my way of life in such a way that left it in an unacceptable state (ie: banning videogamees, extreme censorship, an invasion, etc) I would stand up and rally/fight for the cause.

However, if it got out of hand, or if America as a whole favored this awful change; then I would accept my fate and get the hell out of the states once and for all.

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