Cycling around the Nepean and Carleton ridings, I've seen a lot of destruction of and graffiti on candidate signs. I've seen other signs by third-party organizations who have voiced their distaste for candidates, and it makes me sad.
We need to return to a civil state of society. Shouting obscenities and throwing rocks are unacceptable acts. They say more about you than the people for which you feel distain.
I hope that no matter your political stripe, you do get out and vote. Don't think your voice doesn't matter: it does. Don't think that you can't make a difference: you can.
Don't tell yourself there is no point in voting because you don't like Party A or Party B; that you like Party C, but there's no point in voting because they don't stand a chance of winning in your riding. Maybe they won't and maybe they will. But either way, voting for them shows your support and the party will earn money because of your vote.
If you don't like anybody, go out and vote anyway. Scratch your ballot or decline it. That's still having your say.
If we vote, perhaps we can actually end up with the government that we deserve.
But if we don't cast our ballot, we also end up with the government that we deserve. Just not necessarily the government that we want.
Vote.
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