[RP TownTalk] Electioneering on Town Talk

[Jack R. Jones]

Dear Talkers,

I posted a response to Rob on the election campaigning, agreeing that 
the electioneering should not be on TownTalk and suggesting that the 
candidates do blogs for their election materials.

However, after reading Sarah's post and talking with her and doing 
some thinking, I have changed my mind on the topic. What is Town Talk 
or any kind of conversation other than identifying a problem and 
trying getting one's solution elected to be tried.

I had (it was probably to late at night [AM]) forgotten our ancestors 
of western civilization. The Greeks, for the Greeks politics is what 
people do. Can you imagine this conversation between mother and child 
"Now you listen to me little Aristotle, I don't want you goin down to 
that Agora and talkin no politics with that republican upstart, Plato 
and that democrat, old man Socrates, he be the death of us all, like 
drinkin poison he is!" lil' Aristotle "Yees Mah" "OK Mah"  Yeah 
right! Ooops there was lil Aristotles's essay on how teenagers, 
dressed strange, sang loud new songs, did not respect their elders, 
and were going to Hades in a leaky boat. Teenagers haven't changed in 
2500 years, why should we change the discussion in the Agora?

Also a Blog has world wide distribution, whereas Town Talk will be 
local folk talking about local problems and local solutions a more 
comfortable venue, I dare say.

Latter,
Jack
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