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  • What Good is a Voice if it Goes Unheard? by Traci White | WOnewsmagazine Since democracy's inception, this huge yet completely human entity of our forefathers has inflamed two hundred years worth of muckrakers, policy makers, movers, shakers, and we're-not-gonna-takers. It has also served to scare the very people whom it was meant to empower into apathetic submission. Never mind it having been taught to them through outdated textbooks and so many School House Rock ditties: the feverish passion with which our Declaration of independence signatories were seized has failed to take hold as strongly to the subsequent generations. Those individuals who are willing to put themselves on the front lines of a cause are by far the minority, yet their vocality belies the interests of the silent masses. For this small group of activists to compensate for what they lack in numbers and public support, they resort to more extreme tactics and language, thus their dubious status as extremists. The stigma that accompanies this label carries discouraging stereotypes. Name-calling such as pinko commie, right wing nut job, chauvinist pig, feminazi, bigot, baby killer, and those of progressively greater insult are the norm among these ever-present protest participants. In direct defiance of the fervor with which these few souls press on, the offending parties whose regime change they demand and the general public on whose behalf they scream and picket view them with sideways glances: we think theyre crazy. We give in to their characterization as unreasonable misfits of society. But who are we to smirk at these folks who happen to know what they care about? Thats far more than can be said of the average person who doesnt even know where, much less care, to look into the events that are affecting their world unless it's an assignment. That is not to say that every cause has validity or even falls within most ethical codes of decency. However, that is to say that in the minds of these zealots, whatever they have themselves convinced of is the only truth they need. So in the real world where a potential evening in jail is enough to scare Average Joe away from publicly speaking his mind, causes cannot hope to generate the same devotion those die-hard idealists are willing to allot. How does one go about busting out of this rock-and-a-hard-place dilemma where you are left to choose between being the typical blissfully unaware person knows not how to get involved or the politically obsessive person who knows not how to compromise? Try this on for size: Article XV. Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Article [XIX]. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. There you have it folks, right there in the Constitution. Your Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendment rights to express your opinion as to who you want anywhere close to your government. Once elected if these folks fall short of your expectations, call up your friends and take to the streets. Now dont go away thinking this is a criticism of the actual freedom of protest or at least trying to persuade someone to view it as a last resort: | personally find a well placed and compellingly staged demonstration to be a necessary civil service. Tis better to have protested and been jailed than to never have ventured beyond your own picket fence. But for the general public who isnt quite so willing to hoist themselves on their own Ps yt would like to have a sense of control in the world around them, | have this to say: vote. Ungrateful or Founded Resentment? by Traci White | Wenewsmagazine As this summer's Olympic games in Athens have trumpeted their theme song around the world, one nation has resoundingly written itself in as the underdog story of 2004. The success of the Iraqi team in this years soccer tournament has blown away all prior expectations. Internationally the teams performance has been declared a miracle. They have succeeded Australia, Portugal and Costa Rica to find themselves a mere two wins away from what once seemed an elusive gold medal. The multilateral encouragement of the teams; presence in Greece was made undeniably apparent as early as the parade of nations. Upon entering the stadium, the iraqi athletes were greeted by a rush of cheers and an appreciative standing ovation which they drank in with visible gratitude. However, one source of attention these unexpected champions have been the center of has left many members of the team offended. / in looking to remind the American public of the relevance of his military operations in the Middle East, George W. Bushs re-election campaign has begun airing a commercial containing waving Iraqi and Afghani flags. Narration explains that thanks to the United States there are two more free nations participating in this years Olympic games. A violent outcry arose from the athletes upon viewing the ad, angrily accusing the American president of flaunting their success. Salih Sadir, a midfielder for the team, expressed one of the more mild opinions, saying [Bush] can find another way to advertise himself. Anmed Manajid asked incredulously, How will he meet his god having slaughtered so many men and women? He has committed so many crimes. Adnan Hamad, former assistant to coach Bernd Stange and present head coach, questioned the value of liberation when he feels his country has only had one threat exchanged for another: The American army has killed 80 many people in Iraq. What is freedom when | go to the [national] stadium and there are shootings on the road?" Although none of the athletes is personally credited with the assertion, collectively the team stated their gratitude at the deposition of Uday Hussein from his seat as head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee. Son of Saddam Hussein, Uday relentlessly tortured the players when they failed to play to his liking. Among the more popular devices was a foot clamp which could be tightened above and beneath an athietes bare foot. Shaving heads and being made to suffer through ten days in prison were also typical punishments by which the players were degraded. After emerging from Uday's modern day dungeon the team members were met with sub-standard athletic facilities without working showers. The team didnt even have soccer balls. In spite of the crippling obstacles the team has encountered within the past year and those still outstanding upon their return, the fact remains that it is due to the fall from power the Hussein family has witnessed that the team has been so able to excel. The methods by which the coalition replaced Uday on the Olympic committee have long been the topic of heated debate, but if he were still there, the team - their talents and conviction notwithstanding - would not have been able to prepare themselves to be an Olympic caliber team.
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