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The people on high
I can do without politics. So can you.
Some people will find that hard to believe. Some other people will not have any idea what I'm talking about, because they already do without politics.
Well, that's just a matter of geography. When you live in a, um, well, normal country, like the USA, or...
No wait. The USA ain't normal.
When you live in a normal country like Britain...
British people are far from normal, I'd say that for them.
When you live in....
When you live in a normal country, you can pick your interests. Some people sit around with the guys and talk about football, some prefer baseball, some talk about the whether, some people are tight about spelling, geeks talk about computers, some people talk about Politics.
Now pay attention, my israeli readers: In normal countries, people who are interested in, say, gardening, and not in politics, talk about gardening, and do not talk about politics.
Incredible, isn't it?
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Talking about a revolution
Non-israeli readers, it's your turn to listen closely now: In extremely un-normal countries like Israel, people who are interested in, say, gardening, and not in politics, talk about gardening and politics.
Incredible, isn't it?
I think it's a law or something. You have to talk about politics at least once in a while, or you'll go to jail for the offence of Not Caring. True, Politics in a country that's constantly under the threat of not being, or at least still likes to think it is, are important. Important issues are discussed and decided, things that will have an effect, and a very important one, on you. I mean Me. Personally.
Which doesn't makes politics any less boring.
Strangely enough, I'd rather read a good fantasy book, any fantasy book, than read the weekend paper. Not that there's much of a difference; the ever-ongoing soap opera thriller of israeli, or any other, politics are much more complicated than what Tolkien, or any other writer, had dared to think of. Why would I want to concern myself with some other, nonexistent, problems of some fictional, nonexistent people, when I have so much real excitement going on? Just because politicians don't wield swords?
In any case, I'm not interested. If you check political discussion closely - 5 meters distance should do it - you'd discover that most of them are ranting - generally justified - about the way They manage things, and what an idiots They generally are. The other part of the discussion is usually using verbal violence against the guy you argue with for not agreeing with you.
I don't like arguing. Not about meaningful subjects, anyway. Anyone who's ever read a movie review by me & May can see that we argue, alot, but not on anything important. Nobody will die if I am wrong. I like it that way.
So spare me your politics.
