Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Why the U.S. should welcome the emergence of a viable third party

From the blog "Headgear"

I posted this last night on a blog called debatethedebate.com and I wanted to post it here too.
You can lead a horse to water... I wonder what would happen if people everywhere would take up the practice of questioning everything all of the time. Because, every time an individual gets out of the proverbial box and engages in critical and creative thought, something original and fascinating is bound to happen... When universities were first formed, the point was this; to engage people in progressive thought processes that would propel the human family foward and renew our resolve to improve our collective lot. Of course, after a while the educational process becomes diluted and formulaic. Inevitably, one or more people will give the collegiate experience a shot in the arm via some perposterous declaration like; the right to die on ones own terms or that the earth is actually round and the sun is not the center of the Universe. The ivory tower burns and the phoenix perdictably arises from the desecration, renewed.You do not have to appreciate any of this but the irrepresible socio-political evolution of any nation is necessary for it's survival. The United States of America(My beloved) is being called on by it's current circumstances to evolve or...That We have every reason to welcome a third party into our broken and tired political system should go without saying. headgear.blogspot.com

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