Every now and then my flatmates and I end up having a conversation about politics. Lately this usually starts with Marc claiming he doesn't understand why we can't just blast the fuck out of Iraq and then "the whole thing will be over". All attempts to demonstrate why this is not a reasonable idea are pretty futile, he seems to agree and then says the exact same things 2 minutes later.
Last night we were watching the news about the American election and Anna suddenly said "yeah, come on Kerry!" and I asked her why she was a fan of Kerry. "Because I hate Bush." Further investigation revealed that Anna actually agress with Bush's policy on the war, but doesn't agree with him on other policies, "like the death penalty". This fell apart when we pointed out that Anna had been in favour of killing Sadam Hussain. Turns out anna doesn't really know what any of George Bush's (or Kerry's) policies are, yet she feels confident in her opinion that Bush is "an idiot", and Kerry has to be better.
I'm not saying that I know any more about American politics (or british politics for that matter) but it was pretty amusing nonetheless.
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check out www.presidentmatch.com - it quizzes you on your opinion on relevent issues, and then compares your opinions to the the candidates' stands. Really kind of interesting.
It's good to know that college students, 10 years after I graduated and across the Atlantic are still having the same confusing discussions ;-) I actually miss that part of college...well, not really, but it's nice to be reminded of them!
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