>I have personally never witnessed nor been part of "fun" politics. I
>have met a few people who do a lot of political work. They don't
>look like their having fun; they look like they're doing the most
>thankless and arduous job ever devised.
Another chestnut from Foucault comes to mind: "Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable."
Doug