Tom Says: “Leave the signs alone…”
Why do losers find it necessary to deface election signs?
The province of New Brunswick is currently in the middle of a municipal election campaign. All villages, towns and cities will elect a new slate of men and women who will guide their municipalities over the next four years.
Far and away the largest percentage of those who have offered for election are honest, hard working, concerned citizens with the best interests of their municipalities in mind. They get up every day, put in an eight hour work day and they are basically average people.
Most of them put up election signs in their own municipality, their signs are all sizes, shapes and colours. Each sign has a simple message — “Elect so-and-so” or even,”Re-elect so-and-so…”
What they’re asking you to do is — when you go to the polls — if you can be bothered to place an “X” in the appropriate box to vote for them. These signs can cost as little as two dollars and in some cases — several hundred. I have never understood the psychology of spray painting, knocking down, cutting out faces or just plain ruining election signs.
I think however, I have been able to come up with a particular profile of those who are stupid enough to vandalize election signs. He’s probably a guy in his late teens or early twenties, with a very limited education. He’s probably never voted in his life and quite likely never will. If he has a job, it’s at the low end of the economic scale and he’s angry at everyone and wants the government — no matter which government — to give him more. He’s probably never been recognized for anything positive in his entire life, and if he lives to be 100 — it’ll be the same story.
Most importantly, they likely don’t know any one of the candidates involved in the community and are also likely to say: “Why bother to vote? They’re all the same anyway!”
In other words — THE GUY IS A BIG LOSER.
Something else, in response to the number of emails looking for more info on Dr. Anthony Martin who appeared again last week on the Afternoon News.
If you’re looking for more info on his book “Medical Crisis — Secrets Your Doctor Won’t Share With You” you can find it by checking out his web site at www.drmartin.ca
I’m Tom Young.