Politicians are perfectly happy to whip up a climate of fear in their rhetoric, but they aren't willing to *act* in an effectual manner, lest it inconvenience their constituency.
To be fair, I have seen no signs that the constituency has any tolerance for inconvenience at all. "Civic duty" isn't exactly a buzzphrase these days.
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Date: 2007-03-22 08:19 pm (UTC)To be fair, I have seen no signs that the constituency has any tolerance for inconvenience at all. "Civic duty" isn't exactly a buzzphrase these days.