the edible editor

I guess you could say I’m politically apathetic. I care enough to watch the news, but not enough to vote. Yes, I’ll admit it: I don’t vote.

I clearly remember the mid-90s ad campaign that zipped up the electorate’s mouths with the words: “If you don’t vote, you don’t have a say”. I disagree. My say is right here, right now, and I’m saying I don’t want to vote for broken promises and one-upmanship. Most of all, I don’t want to vote for who I see on TV or read about in the papers. Putting oneself under such scrutiny is surely only for self-loathing sadists who enjoy humiliation. And that, I’m afraid, is what I think of today’s politicians.