I know, I know, I try to avoid talking about politics—there are a couple million people in the proverbial blogosphere who love to rant and rave at length (whether they know what they’re talking about or not) and you can go ahead and read that stuff if you’ve got way too much time on your hands. In my case, I was inspired to write something because I saw a TV news clip tonight about a bunch of kids going door-to-door encouraging people to vote in this year’s election. The title they adopted? Trick or Vote ’08.
Personally, I think that’s awesome. Not the degree of activism being shown by young people in the community, just the phrase. Kids walk up to people’s doors every Halloween and say “Trick or treat!”, which is essentially a threat of “Gimme some candy or I’ll leave a bag of flaming dog poop on your doorstep!” With these older kids wandering through the neighborhoods telling people, “Trick or Vote!”… it’s pretty much equivalent to “You better be at the polls on November 4th or we’ll toilet paper your house with unused ballots!”
