[clug] [OT] Broadband clangers

[Ben Nizette]

On 14/08/2010, at 1:29 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> 
> It seems ironic that many who clamour for the government to "do
> something" are the same who demand the government stop interfering with
> their lives.
> Perhaps the real answer lies in convincing people to take more control
> over their own lives instead of demanding the government do so. But that
> would require education, without which informed choices cannot be made -
> and that is an even bigger barrel of worms.

A good example of this point is of course the climate change debate.  My cousin works for a major polling agency and told me the other day that she hates it there at the moment.  The federal government have commissioned 4 surveys over the last 3 years and have just commissioned a 5th trying to gauge the public readiness for climate change legislation.  The reason for my cousin hating her job is that "it's so depressing when you see the results, the public are so ready for change it's unbelievable.  Or work says the policy will make it past the people but it just can't make it past the politicians".

> 
> Morality is a tricky thing - whilst I am comfortable on a nude beach,
> there are some in our society who require table legs to be covered
> (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, snicker).
> Whether it takes all types to make the world go round, or not - we
> certainly have "all types".
> 
> A solution we can all live with for 50 years? How about constant
> vigilance? We can't make the world a better place but we do have to work
> to stop it becoming worse.

Right!  Cheryl Kernot is running for the Senate again at this election (as an independent) and during an interview she said "Yesterday's solutions are todays problems.  Why can't people accept that and accept it when parties change their policies?".  All this comes right back around to the content of my email to Steve just now - thanks largely to the media our memories are just too good these days!

> Personally I think most people do the right thing most of the time - and
> peers are very influential. If "we" do nothing the "rest" will just
> follow the second law of Thermodynamics ;-p

Nice :-)


	--Ben.
> 
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