Comments on: Ready to take the consequences? http://www.writingforyeu.eu/2008/07/ready-to-take-the-consequences/ A blog for a team. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:19:38 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Derek Frey http://www.writingforyeu.eu/2008/07/ready-to-take-the-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Derek Frey Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:48:22 +0000 http://www.pheukeudeuk.com/blog02/?p=13#comment-356 Excellent post! Perhaps the politicians who are a bit 'concerned' about loosing (some) controll over the debate should relax... Neither would they have the chance to be who and where they are if someone else would not have taken control from an earlier authority, engaging in debate with the citizens will raise their profile, put their ideas into the spotlight - which, in the end, should be what they should want in the first place. Or, to put it differently, you are either a politican for yourself (which, I am sure, many are), or you're in it for a reason, a cause, an ideal. None of the latter can have any meaning without the citizens. I hope that you guys and gals keep up with it, keep pushing, keep challenging us, the voters, to engage, to take responsibility for our Europe. It's worth it. Thanks! D Excellent post! Perhaps the politicians who are a bit ‘concerned’ about loosing (some) controll over the debate should relax… Neither would they have the chance to be who and where they are if someone else would not have taken control from an earlier authority, engaging in debate with the citizens will raise their profile, put their ideas into the spotlight – which, in the end, should be what they should want in the first place. Or, to put it differently, you are either a politican for yourself (which, I am sure, many are), or you’re in it for a reason, a cause, an ideal. None of the latter can have any meaning without the citizens.

I hope that you guys and gals keep up with it, keep pushing, keep challenging us, the voters, to engage, to take responsibility for our Europe. It’s worth it. Thanks! D

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