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Is politics entertaining to you?

Is politics entertaining to you?

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Is politics entertaining to you?

A simple question, yes?
 
Chappy said:
Is politics entertaining to you?

A simple question, yes?
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I wouldn't say it's entertaining. I suppose if I were into heavy masochism it would be entertaining...

I think I would call it frustrating, maddening, gut wrenching, etc...
 
"Adicting" might be a better word.

It's not like we come here (to a political site) for no reason.
 
Discussing/debating/flaming about politics is entertaining. Politics itself is too important to think of in terms of entertainment.
 
Chappy said:
Is politics entertaining to you?

A simple question, yes?
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It is entertaining discussing it and speaking my mind on certain issues and it is sometimes entertaining listening to radio talk show host. As for watching state of the union addresses, C-span, local city council meetings and other stuff is completely boring.
 
hell yeah, you people have never watched question time in the australian senate, it could've been written by John Cleese, thats how good it is.
 
Its interesting and at times entertaining, and at other times frustrating as hell. Personally I come here not to win any argument, but to just share ideas and force myself to think and research a little more critically each time.

O and 'thanks' feed my ego.
 
Arch Enemy said:
No. It's more frustrating to me.
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That's the main reason why I never pursued my politics degree to a higher level and switched to medicine instead. Now I get involved in political discussion as a matter of learning and comparing notes. I'm glad I don't have to study or write policy, it would drive me nuts.
 
The humor in politics is unmatched by any other scholarly pursuit or profession. I don't know about the rest of you all, but that's why I'm here.
 
Orion said:
That's the main reason why I never pursued my politics degree to a higher level and switched to medicine instead. Now I get involved in political discussion as a matter of learning and comparing notes. I'm glad I don't have to study or write policy, it would drive me nuts.
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I'm a Political Science major and I would have the same mind-set as you, but my Freshman Intro to Political Science professor said something that allowed me to keep focused on Politics instead of cringing and changing majors.
He said, in effect, that we in the free-world have an unprecedented amount of information that we can simply access. That it should be our duty to take advantage of this basin of information, and be able to analyze the different elements therein.

Basically, that the political science is necessary because it is in many respects the real world's version of Harry Potter's "Defense Against The Dark Arts".
 
Arch Enemy said:
I'm a Political Science major and I would have the same mind-set as you, but my Freshman Intro to Political Science professor said something that allowed me to keep focused on Politics instead of cringing and changing majors.
He said, in effect, that we in the free-world have an unprecedented amount of information that we can simply access. That it should be our duty to take advantage of this basin of information, and be able to analyze the different elements therein.

Basically, that the political science is necessary because it is in many respects the real world's version of Harry Potter's "Defense Against The Dark Arts".
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I'm doing political science as well. I love my classes: Public Opinion, Third World Politics, Failed Nation-States, etc. Comparative studies is super interesting as well.

It's definately entertaining. And to quote George Carlin, "The Earth is fine. Its the people that are ****ed." This definately applies to widespread ignorance we see in politics. I may actually go into politics because this is a very tumultuous and unstable time in American politics and I feel like I have a solid vision of what to do.
 
Z3n said:
I'm doing political science as well. I love my classes: Public Opinion, Third World Politics, Failed Nation-States, etc. Comparative studies is super interesting as well.

It's definately entertaining. And to quote George Carlin, "The Earth is fine. Its the people that are ****ed." This definately applies to widespread ignorance we see in politics. I may actually go into politics because this is a very tumultuous and unstable time in American politics and I feel like I have a solid vision of what to do.
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I don't see myself going into any sort of public activism. My main mission is to grab academia by the clothespins and shake them again, and again. There are Professors who are worthy of admiration for their intellectual prowess, their desire for knowledge, and their ability to represent their University in academia, but I also feel that these worths (particularly the last one) fall short of what is needed from them.

I find that for every Professor who truly cares about his University, and his/her students, that there are Professors who consider their students as secondary to their own academic work; they feel it necessary to put large and robust theories to paper and ship it to academia, over reading and re-reading their student's work.

I am not saying that their academic work is meaningless, but they only tend to feed their resume while their job as professor is not for their own benefit, but for those who rely upon them, i.e. their students.

Their time that is spent flexing their intellectual muscles in their intellectual clique, by peer reviewing and publishing articles, journal entries, and books as if the printing press was invented yesterday and they are rushing to be the first to theorize about Globalization, is better spent doing their duty as educators.
 
It's entertaining in a perverse sort of way, if you have the stomach and skin for it.;)
 
Arch Enemy said:
I don't see myself going into any sort of public activism. My main mission is to grab academia by the clothespins and shake them again, and again. There are Professors who are worthy of admiration for their intellectual prowess, their desire for knowledge, and their ability to represent their University in academia, but I also feel that these worths (particularly the last one) fall short of what is needed from them.

I find that for every Professor who truly cares about his University, and his/her students, that there are Professors who consider their students as secondary to their own academic work; they feel it necessary to put large and robust theories to paper and ship it to academia, over reading and re-reading their student's work.

I am not saying that their academic work is meaningless, but they only tend to feed their resume while their job as professor is not for their own benefit, but for those who rely upon them, i.e. their students.

Their time that is spent flexing their intellectual muscles in their intellectual clique, by peer reviewing and publishing articles, journal entries, and books as if the printing press was invented yesterday and they are rushing to be the first to theorize about Globalization, is better spent doing their duty as educators.
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yea I actually love just intellectual circles at college. Debating human nature, civics, global affairs etc. I dont really know where im headed after my BA though
 
Hell yes. This video is a perfect example of why

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This man has got to be the stupidest person in the Capitol. And the Admiral's face is priceless, "We do not anticipate that happening, sir." :D
 
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