Liberty and Justice for Pigs


Have you ever read Animal Farm? If you've graduated from the eighth grade, I assume so. But even if you didn't, never fear because you can see it acted out riht here in the good old United States of America.

I hear tell that there are news programs questioning the eligibility of citizens to exercise their right to vote based on whether or not they are informed as to the issues. Basically, they say if you have little interest in politics, don't follow the news, or happen to be politically uninformed, you have no business voting.

I only pray that no one takes them seriously.

Listen, if you don't feel like watching the news and learning about the way your country works, that's your business and your responsibility, but don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't vote just because you're uninformed.

Uninformed you may choose to be—but you still have rights, you still have responsibilities, and if you feel like exercising them, DO IT!

And yes—the world would be a better place if everyone voted and understood the subtleties of political affairs. But when you start having eligibility requirements, or even discussions of 'who's fit and who's worthy' it harkens back to the grand ol' days of segregation—when they used to make African Americans pass impossible tests before they could vote.

And that is in direct contrast with the 'all people created equal' creedo by which this country makes its claim to greatness.

I see a future before us. An unfortunate one in which people, knowing that they're perhaps not as smart as others, surrender unto those others their rights. And from there it's a short slide down the slippery slope to the single commandment of Animal Farm:

"All Animals are Equal, But Some are More Equal Than Others."