Author: Owaahh

IT IS NOT ALWAYS APATHY There is a joke that has been doing the rounds lately. In it, a thief is caught in the act and the gathering crowd prepares to lynch him. At some point, he has a stroke of genius and yells “I’ve registered as a voter.” The crowd lets him go, and postpones his beating to September, after the election. I’ve only voted once in my life. In 2010, I queued from 5am to about 9am to vote in the constitutional referendum. I’d read through the document numerous times, figuring out we’d be stuck with a massive…