Thursday, August 28, 2008

The 'most important' issue in world politics.

The vague question will yield very different, very specific answers. They'll all be right, too. We all have compassion for people in adversarial situations. A desire to right the wrong in the world, or whatevs.

In order to even theoretically 'right the wrong' we take from those benefiting and giving to those at a disadvantage. It creates an endless circle of interest groups fighting for opposite causes. Everyone can't win.

I suppose our compassion is the flaw. Instead of letting nature fight it out in a Darwin style, we try to make things politically correct and universally acceptable. Paradoxically, it's unnatural yet it's evolution.

We're not robots; devoid of emotion. We care about those at a disadvantage. The vicious interest group circle will never end, but everyone is okay with that.

Personally, my number one issue is universal rights. There are certain rights that all humans deserve, regardless of where they were born, what crimes the committed, or any other characteristic used to segregate people.

People should have the right to: not fear their government, access the news, accessible and affordable literacy classes, and a myriad of other things we take for granted.

-Maggy
(If my rhetoric, style, or vocabulary particularly bothers any of you, I can beef this whole blog writing thing up a bit.)

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