Janet Gogerty's Blog: Sandscript - Posts Tagged "polling-booth"

How many thousands of words do writers write, how many millions of letters of the alphabet? But when it comes to the General Election we can only write one letter out of 26 - X! Whether we write fact or fiction, most of us like to find the words to express our opinions and in some ways it does not matter who is in power, because they are not going to listen to us! But has the internet given us People Power? We can sign up to belong to 38 Degrees for example, sign petitions and write our opinion on many important topics. Perhaps it won’t be long before people can do more than tick Yes or No in a referendum – a computer could collate people’s wants and needs and MPs and The Cabinet would base their actions on this. Sounds like a dream, but would it work? Many issues are not that simple, too complex for even the cleverest minds – what if ‘the people’ wanted an option that would keep their cosy comfortable lives running in the short term, but would result in long term disaster for Planet Earth?
I don’t know the answer to that, but in the meantime, whichever country you live in, keep an eye and ear out for what your leaders are doing. But be careful, because they may be keeping an eye on what you are doing.