I Love Mike Rowe

[sexobon]

That's pretty much how I viewed Mike Rowe's article, as just pandering to the disaffected.

The cognoscenti know that it's not their duty to die for their country; but, their responsibility to give an enemy the maximum opportunity to die for theirs.

It's among the differences between those who have been there, done that and the been nowhere done nothings. Those differences seem to extend to voting. That doesn't stop the disaffected from complaining about the political outcomes.

They certainly have a right to complain. Fortunately, others don't have a duty to listen to the nonparticipants.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Disaffected? No one in this country is disaffected by elections, from local to national. What Rowe is saying is don't vote to just vote, know what and who you are voting for. Not being part of the system is not smart, it's just leaving your future for others to decide.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by sexobon

The cognoscenti know that it's not their duty to die for their country; but, their responsibility to give an enemy the maximum opportunity to die for theirs.

And yet, those same cognoscenti will inevitably describe that dead person as having died while doing their duty.

As cognoscenti go, you have learned from the cognoscenti on killing, and that's what you got.

I asked the cognoscenti on loving, and they said your biggest responsibility to the human race is to avoid killing people. Killing people seems to change very little. Loving them seems to change everything.

Perhaps we could take a vote on whose cognoscenti are primary.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Fuck the cognoscenti, learn what's at stake, what candidates stand for, and make your own decisions.

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

... Perhaps we could take a vote on whose cognoscenti are primary.

But if you don't vote, you don't have a mouth. You become a castles in the air loser.