Oh, Jesus. Am I really doing this?? Well, at least if politics is hopeless maybe I can demonstrate that. We'll see. Will I get a meaningful response? If I do I will post it.
To Murray Rankin, MP, Victoria:
Hello, my name is Chris and I live in Victoria.
I didn't vote in the recent by-election. After agonizing over my options, I decided I didn't support anyone. I am much more concerned with preserving Canadian sovereignty and human rights than with comparatively trivial, packageable issues such as sewage treatment and gender wage inequality. I could not bring myself to make a serious choice on the basis of what I read.
I hope that you appreciate that the political scene is dire. At a time when the federal Conservatives are completely out of control; making Canada unrecognizable measured against mine and my family's, and my community's values; my friends and a disproportionate number of young people simply cannot force themselves to give a shit about politics. They quite rightly fear that politicians are pure showbiz, lying sacks of crap in suits; who put on a show in Ottawa while their own wages stagnate and their hopes for the future grow dimmer and more squalid.
I am writing in the forlorn hope that I can engage you in a meaningful dialogue about our collective future; with some mind to cooperating to improve it. I failed utterly to achieve this with your predecessor. While I understand that an MP and their constituency office must be very busy, my letters to Ms. Savoie were only ever met by mass-mailed, form responses. This is not acceptable to me during this time of crisis.
I want to know exactly what the opposition AS A WHOLE is willing to do about the Harper Government. Not what your principles are or how you differ with the ruling party or your competitors; not what delaying tactics or protests you are planning; but what you are willing to DO to STOP this gang of criminals from destroying our homeland.
Yours truly,
Chris X BFA
Victoria
