Free Cable or the Right To Vote
We had some friends -- who don't own a TV -- over last night to watch the All Star Game. The only TV that's watched in our house is zooboomafoo, zoom and crocodile hunter, so we're a little naive about the current state of commercial television.
Sitting through the commercials was like being jackhammered. The volume, the intensity of the images, the rapidity of the editing made our heads swim. But this is what a good percentage of the American public spends a good percentage of their time watching. This is how they know their world.
And I idly wondered, how many people, if asked to choose to between free cable tv and the right to vote, would make each choice?
I'm not talking about access to cable, just whether or not they would have to pay for it. It's probabaly a $500/year issue for folks. Is that worth the right to vote?
For those who choose the free cable, one could argue that we'd be getting some, um, interesting voters off the rolls. But that, of course, is BAD BAD thinking.... :)
10:55:49 AM 
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