AFTER seeing the Trump-Clinton debate, I'm convinced: we don't take our politics seriously enough.
Granted, we're only facing local body elections right now, but was I justified in inserting the word "only"? Electing the right people to represent us in council and other democratic organisations is important enough for most
of us to do a little reading and hear what the candidates say.
But their words are written or rehearsed. What we need is what the United States did with their 90-minute debate -- a bloody, gladiatorial verbal combat to the electoral death in front of an audience of voters.
Ninety minutes is long enough for the combatants to exhaust their carefully rehearsed ad-libs and roam into uncharted territory, where even extreme confidence will wither and fail beneath the onslaught of research and preparation.
Once upon a time our leaders were chosen by virtue of courage and physical strength, coupled with skill with weapons and an ability to inflict injury. A combination that was hard to argue with.
