Denster wrote:I'm not passively submitting to anything.
I'm just not wishing for something that isn't going to happen. Your voice isn't being heard. You're voicing it in an internet chat room.
Are you going on protests marches or doing anything other than objecting to it in here?
If you are - great. If all you're doing is objecting in this thread on this forum then dont kid yourself.
If posting make you feel better. Do it by all means. Im not trying to stop you.
But don't crack on like it's anything more than what it is.
Sign the petition. It'll make you feel like you've done something.
You haven't but it will feel like it.
How do you think Leave gained a lot of support? Part of it was down to the media and the lying politicians, but a large swathe of support came from social media posts. Posting here might not achieve anything (and again for the millionth time I am not saying it can be stopped) but that doesn't mean it's not worthwhile. Even just as a cathartic release.
Do I do anything? Are you suggesting that a protest march has any greater impact on things than just posting here? You think it's all a done deal, so what's the point of marching?
I have done more than just post here though. I've become an Irish citizen to keep my EU citizenship, I've signed petitions that have been debated in parliament, I've joined protest marches locally, I've spent time (successfully in a few cases) changing the minds of some Leave voters (online and face to face). Posting here doesn't mean I don't do anything.
Again (millionth and one time) I don't think it'll make any difference but I'm not just passively taking it. If Boris pins you down and starts fumbling at your trousers, you might think it's better to just take it. I'll struggle against it. I'll almost certainly still get strawberry floated, but at least I'll have tried.