It's so frustrating trying to talk with someone making important decisions about things they really don't fully comprehend.<p>You quickly feel out the bounds of their knowledge and figure out that they're just repeating the key marketing points.<p>How can people walk around not giving a fuck about how things <i>actually work</i>? I really just can't comprehend that lack of thirst for knowledge.
> mpjamesmoore: @doctorow "let the consumers decide what they want" is my position.<p>What a hypocrisy.<p>Determining what consumers wanted was <i>the</i> goal of having public consultations. It worked out that consumers didn't want what the (heavily lobbied) government officials wanted, so whatever the public said was quietly ignored and they proceeded pushing for a bill that they had.<p>"Let the consumers decide what they want" my ass.
As correct as Cory Doctorow is, his rhetoric is pretty bad. There are far better ways to convince someone instead of just repeating your original point in slightly different words.
I sent an email to my MP (Bob Rae). Never got a response, but I hope it was read. I really like how James Moore is willing to talk with his opposition-- even though his opposition, in this case, is not a constituent.