Até Mais, Lisbon

[Martin Naef]

Peter Korsten wrote:
>> Well, they force the politicians to get off their backsides and go out 
>> and *explain* to people what it's all about. It's hard work, but if want 
>> a democracy (instead of a competition of who looks best on a poster), 
>> there's no way around it.
> 
> Which, with the exception of perhaps Switzerland, is not something the 
> population or politicians are used to.

True - and IMHO the source of a lot of problems we have at the moment. 
With the disconnection between "politics" and the daily life, people 
adopt the attitude that they can't change anything, hence are not 
responsible themselves, and therefore stop caring about the society as a 
whole.

Bye
Martin