Today I am frustrated! I gave my voice to a cause, only to be ignored! The powers that be in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska decided that the bus system's routes needed to be changed. This despite plenty of feedback from the community that these changes were unwanted! It wasn't just people like myself who are blind, either. Today I join a group of people in this city and in places all over the world who feel that using their voice gets them nowhere. We start to wonder if we really even have voices...voices that count for more than a token gesture of looking as if we matter when, in reality, we don't. Plans we oppose will go ahead despite us. Don't be mistaken, my thinking here isn't confined to bus issues.
It could refer to people fighting for a school-related cause. It could refer to anyone who stood up at a city council meeting or some other meeting and expressed with passion their feelings on a given issue only to be ignored, passed over for whatever idea, plan, or scheme they opposed.
Are these voices really getting a fair shake, or short shrift? Do they matter in the scheme of things, or are they token voices empty of any real value?
These are questions I have regarding people all over the world today, myself and my friends and neighbors who opposed some really illogical changes in local bus routes. Personally, I have my doubts my voice mattered in the end. Thank you for nothing, StarTran.
