Why get worked up over elections all the time?

COMMENT | Those of us who are in online chat groups must be familiar with what I’m talking about here. Hardly a day passes without someone bringing up the subject of politics.

If we are in several groups, we will most likely get an overdose of politics. There will come a time when we will even find it annoying.

Why is it that we don’t share a new bestseller from the bookstore or a new invention, or the latest blockbuster movie anymore? Aah ha, it’s possible that I’m engaging with the wrong groups.

Yesterday, I sent out this message to a group of Sarawakian friends after I felt that there was too much political talk, notably about the coming Sarawak election...