> I got up early this morning to look at the fog that had rolled across the city. Politicise that.

What are you doing to ensure that in 10 or 20 years time other people will be able to do the same? Your ability to look at the fog rolling across the city is the result of a finely balanced set of climatic factors. If it's something you cherish, it is something you should think about preserving.

> Some of us - on the other hand - believe that the fewer the vectors of political co-ercion there are - the better.

But you're happy to do nothing, other than hope that technology will fix it.

... Clearly I'm exaggerating to make a point, and I know nothing about your political beliefs, but I hope you understand the point that I'm making.