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Posted on Jul 19, 2007

[day 14] A reason to convince someone else

Lot's of people call me, mail me, asking what this is all about. They are worried people, who do not understand the way their government is behaving. I hear a lot of people talking about the fact they went to vote last election in their countries, but actually didn't understand what they voted for, they don't find their own concerns in the political programs of the possible parties.

Yesterday I got an e-mail from the leader of the Belgium party Groen!, in which Vera Dua responded to my question why the opposition doesn't speak out the real concerns. The answer was a two paragraph long political game of balance. No hard words, just that I'm doing a good job with this manifestation. But the important core of the message is that they don't feel our democratic liberties are at stake, they don't think this is a political issue that might need a little bit of importance, they think we're really just having a discussion.

I knew voting was useless. Even very small parties spend quite some money on market research. Looking for a gap somewhere so they just get some members of parliament and people in the senate, because - again - that is what gives them more money. They get money for every seat in the parliament and the senate. Wasn't money invented for TRADE in the first place? So what are these guys trading in?

Why am I telling you all this? Because you need to realise we are the only real opposition. We - members of Amnesty International, Monetaire reform groups, 9/11 truth seekers, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Unicef, ... . If you feel as useless as others when it comes to voting, make yourself seen in the streets of Brussels September 9th.

We need your support. Your don't even have to give us money. And please don't count on your collegaues, neighbours, friends and family. The fact you are reading this text in one of the most distant corners of the internet, means you have to be here in September. Thank you for reading this.

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