See, I'm not sure I'd buy that as explanation for the difference -- part of it, maybe, but lord knows there aren't many people who bother to do a whole lot of writing to our congresspeople. They do come more frequently in fandom, but even then, I've found it has to be something really appalling before most fans will start taking action. That said, I could buy the sense of that tradition as part of it.
Sidebar: are "save the show" campaigns really all that common? I always got the impression the past few years that most of them were motivated by crazy ship wars or other issues on the show, rather than the show's existence.
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Date: 2009-04-19 04:02 am (UTC)Sidebar: are "save the show" campaigns really all that common? I always got the impression the past few years that most of them were motivated by crazy ship wars or other issues on the show, rather than the show's existence.