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[Jennifer M.]

On 10/20/06, James White <white.james.l at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Rev. King, you have to admit that, no matter what your stance on abortion
> is, it will continue to be a highly divisive subject for several if not many
> years to come. Constitutional amendments are unlikely to pass in the near
> future, and I don't believe that a case that could completely reverse Roe v.
> Wade will be entering the Supreme Court soon (though I may be mistaken).  I
> think this is the reason the Unity Movement wishes to take the focus of
> abortion and other issues that show little possibility to change soon.
> Jennifer, please correct this if I am wrong in this assumption.
>

That gets at the issue pretty well.  It's not that the issues are *really*
important to a *lot* of people... it's that the issue is a conflict that's
not going to be solved any time soon but that can be used by pols
(especially when politics happens on TV instead of online) to rally voters
when their governing decisions are just *bad* by other, noncontroversial,
measures.

"You took money from the public coffers... we want better accounting!!"
"Yes, but I will defend women's right to choose from 'the scary
conservatives'... *scary*, *evil* conservatives..."

"The tragedy of the commons is leading to collapsing fish stocks... we want
marine resources sustainably managed!"
"That won't sell on TV... but I *will* defend your right to carry concealed
weapons from 'the scary liberals'... *scary*, *evil* liberals..."

And so on through gay marriage and flag burning and the death penalty and a
host of other issues that push peoples "incommensurable moral issue"
buttons.  In the meantime our government is failing to balance budgets,
promote the general welfare, or *effectively govern* on the concrete
everyday issues of the nation.

The only solution I've heard that connects "the net" and "actual voting" to
deal with this problem is the Unity Movement... which is why I'm involved
:-)
http://unitysupporters.com/wiki/

-Jennifer
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