It is your right. It is your responsibility.
It is your civic duty.
You are not being asked to go to war, to defend your right to vote, to make a personal sacrifice for freedom… that has been done for you.
What other civic duty is asked of you?
Do a little research, ask people that you respect for advice, pick an issue to base your opinion on… and then do your civic duty.
Sadly, the political landscape in both the Canadian and American fronts is looking pretty bleak… perhaps I’m just being a pessimist but I subscribe to the words of Douglas Adams in this case.
“It is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
Wise words.
Kris,
Nice to see you commenting again! It is a shame that the IB program works our brightest students to the bone so that they must bury themselves in busy-work and have no time to think and freely express their opinions in other areas of interest! (But that is a whole other post, isn’t it?)
Though I love Douglas Adams and somewhat agree, you of all people must be taking a political stance with Bill C-61 on the table: http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/canadians-this-is-scary/
I wrote this as somewhat of a public service announcement and therefore was non-partisan… but since you are too young to vote, (despite being more politically savvy than most who can vote), please feel free to express your influence here! 🙂