Students in Politics

This post goes out to Sen, who convinced that a post I had written in my personal blog should be here. So here it is, well part of it anyways...

Its friday, so that means another edition of the school paper is out. I have destroyed the paper in the past, but its free and produced by the school, so I am kinda obligated to read it, even if its garbage. The front page story grabbed my attention. It was about the results of Waterloo's election. A rookie politician became mayor defeating the predicted winner. This bitch won because of her second goal: "to crack down on rowdy students". This goes to show that this city, hates students. There is no reference here to helping us, even though we represent 20 percent of the population, but instead we are targeted and attack like bloody dogs that no one wants. This goes to show you what politics is really like, undemocractic and bullshit. Voting, needs to be modified, and new councils must be formed to better represent us, otherwise stupid mayors will exploit the only group that votes, (old people, sorry the elderly) and continue putting students down. I propose that our student government creates a lobbby group that has a direct link to the city of waterloo. The two parties could then meet from time to time and discuss issues within this city. Afterall we do represent 20 fucking percent of the population here, yet we are constantly ignored! and mislabled. Remember this Babyboomers, you are getting old, and if you are not nice to us, i promise you your last days on this Earth will suck. Why, well the standards that you have created are pushing the best minds to go elsewhere, places were people do accept 'us' for who we are and the skills we posses. **cough cough USA, EUROPE***

I would just like to add, that we students have done more good for this community than bad. Being called rowdy pissed me off because, our generation is not rowdy. Look at the babyboomers, they had the hippy movements and did crazy shit, we, on the other hand hide our drug and drinking issues in the basements of dingy houses, and all we ask for is to play loud music, were doing nothing bad here. Our government the waterloo one in particular needs to reform to include us (us I mean the students). This is the only way to fix this problem and make the system more democratic. Voting isnt enough, voting was the sollution of the 19th and 20th centuries, its now the 21st, and more needs to be done.

Ciao people