One of the good things from 2007 was the appearance of digg.com, a community oriented portal to allow sharing of news that you would not see unless you are an ardent follower of Oddly Enough on reuters. At the start this was a healthy break-away from slashdot and the forum-oriented discussions.
Gradually this has become a lazy-man's disgruntling site. If you dont like GWB click here and voila you have a sense of contributing to dissent. All bull and no effect is my opinion. If you dont like big oil dirtying the coast of alaska, then by digging one opinion is not going to change a thing; you have to get out and show strength in numbers - something like the hispanic population challenging illegal immigration in Phoenix, with mexican flags outnumbering the star spangle 10:1. Cops could not arrest these who were proudly displaying their crime, so just imagine what the effect would be when you are opposing something legally. That reminds me of the other time folks here were oppsing a trans-texas highway - their opposition was planned for Saturday when the government offices are closed, the governor and mayor are probably hunting some lame ducks with the veep, and the sound of gun-shots is far louder than the people's voice.
Some other time we will cover how the other extreme of burning buses/and public property is also senseless.
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