Inky fingers

Today I posted the Iraq election story on cbc.ca and, as it always does with stories like this, it reminded me of how voting is not just a right, but something we should be forever thankful for.

Seeing look on the faces of Iraqis as they cast their ballots and exercised their right to choose always inspired me. It reminded me to not take for granted the right to vote for whom I choose.

Vote. Use your freedoms. Exercise your opinions and do your part to understand and change the world around you.

*steps down from soapbox*

Slacktivism is like rent for living on the internet

"Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps." 

-Abbie Hoffman, author and activist

This week I wrote a follow-up feature to the RBC temporary foreign worker brouhaha caused by the Mother Corp itself. 

I have to say that my eyes were opened to how fast and furious internet outrage can mount. But, what surprised me more was how benign big-talkin' slacktivists can be in the face of injustice.

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