Holding opinions is one thing. Mentioning these opinions amongst friends is another. Posting them on the web is another. Associating them with a US company is another. ...Ever widening circles of influence...
Whining about trash after special events is not just about garbage, it's about a slow and steady progress towards civic involvement. Since we can Twitter, we can now push the city to have two garbage cans installed for the next event of similar size. Cities who ignore Twitter, do so at their own peril.
Higher skills are required for Policy work. It requires all the skills that you learned in school. It also requires all the skills you learned after school, on weekends, and during summer vacation. In short, just when you thought your childhood was all fun and games, you now learn that every aspect of your youth must be brought to bear for the good of humanity, lest you live with the guilt of leaving "half-assedness" to your children while you did nothing about it.
A man pressed charges against himself when he realized that he ate chocolate knowing that there was slavery involved in the harvesting of cacao from Ivory Coast. Sometimes self-beration bring needed attention to insidious and pervasive issues. They say that change starts with self-change first. "Pressing charges" in the law of the land is a great venue for change because people don't see the finger that is being pointed at them for doing the very same thing. tee-hee
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