tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624031.post5549969088238634068..comments2022-01-07T20:36:41.970+01:00Comments on per spective: five years laterstromsjohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05524397187094481360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624031.post-3215274113663305612009-12-27T13:27:19.776+01:002009-12-27T13:27:19.776+01:00I don't find it that difficult to respect most...I don't find it that difficult to respect most politicians, they are humans and do their level best most of the time. I fully agree however about the principle, the right to vote and the obligation to actively support this fragile system. History should have taught us by now that democracy is not exactly the normal state of affairs and <i>the alternative</i> is always lurking in the background.<br /><br />To a certain extent, I guess this is just another aspect of growing old. Gone are the passionate days of Friends and Foes, black and white. Here to stay is a gray-scale reality where the ideological differences are a lot smaller than I used to think. This is an observation often made at the local level. Reality tends to moderate visions and goals. The far left and the far right may after all be able to agree on putting up a new rain-shelter at the bus stop... Such is life.<br /><br />The correlation between frequency and quality is far from clear, there are many good and highly productive bloggers. Your textual corner of space-time happens to be a very good example. One reason is that when you make observations or write down thoughts about a current state of mind, you tend to relate these bits and pieces to the big picture. This is immensely helpful for the reader and makes the net result so much more interesting. Like a weave of thoughts and observations - many small and sometimes seemingly insignificant - but presented and interpreted in a way which suggests a structure.stromsjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524397187094481360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624031.post-66290954322666326182009-12-27T11:00:29.743+01:002009-12-27T11:00:29.743+01:00Heh - there hasn't been much political stuff h...Heh - there hasn't been much political stuff here since I've been following, if asked I would probably not have guessed politics was the main (or at least original) theme of your blogging... Interesting. I hope you do keep posting your thoughts every once in a while, about whatever aspect of life captures you at that particular time. I find your verbal thoughts interesting and often very well nuanced, and like to read them even though they are rare occurances...!<br /><br />(For a more frequent poster, even I have realised that frequence often impacts on quality - so I'm trying to cut back. I'd rather post better stuff less often, than everyday-bullshit. (Well, some bullshit will of course remain, for sentimental reasons! *s*) But frequency isn't everything!<br /><br />About Swedish politics... I'm having the hardest time to work up any sort of enthusiasm (let alone trust!) for ANY of the parties or representatives. It's sad, because I do believe in the principle that democracy and the right to vote are privileges that are to be actively pursued... But it's getting increasingly difficult to find something/someone worth my vote. Regardless of ideologies.<br /><br />But that's just me I guess.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366747452292766058noreply@blogger.com