Re:Sad but true (Score 1)

A question i have been asking myself lately, especially as an Australian have lived abroard (china 2 years) and now back in my home country, what good is free speech if it doesn't achieve anything? We seem to put far to much emphasis on the ability to say what we want, and far to little on weather or not people are listening and/or actaully doing somthing about what we say! It seems to gov goes ahead and makes thier own desicions regardless of public opinion... my two cents :P