Stolen Shtick?

This article about why young people don't get involved enough with politics hits too close to home for me:

And the thing is we do care, our generation, we really do. It’s just that we got a Wii for Christmas and we absolutely have to beat “Super Mario Galaxy” before we do anything else.

And:

How are we supposed to find the time to protest when HBO just put the next episode of “The Wire” on demand?