Thursday, March 29, 2007
♥ 9:42 pm
i thought that i would be making an uninformed decision, a decision that would be solely based on how many names i knew on the piece of paper.
I went in today, hoping to get more information to make this informed decision.
well i think it would be better if i filled up the form based on who i knew. this isn't a process that the ancient Greeks would be proud of, they being the founders of modern democracy.
But this is a way to exhibit the power of democracy, in which people have a right to choose their leaders, even though the way in which they make this important decision is completely against the spirit of democracy.
So i conclude that democracy can only succeed with these two important ingredients.
1) Our leader-candidates must be able to provide us with enough info on why they should be elected.
2) The public must care enough to believe that our choice will make a difference.
without these two, we might as well live in a totalitarian society. for democracy will have already failed. democracy is being empowered to make a decision, and that decision should not be based on who is the most popular, who gives out the most freebies close to election day, who serenades the public during the election period the most. It should be based on capability, based on the willingness to stand up and be counted.
so to all of us, shame on us. we have abused this sacred right to choose.
i think oggy's question today about the time machine was the best question in the session by far. those who raised immediately, i know what you stand for, and you have my support. for the few who looked around before raising their hands, well it's not going to get you any votes you know...
and LET"S STAMP OUT RACISM IN SOCIETY! there's no place for that in the world today. seriously, shame on you. if you wanted to show protests, you could have shown the whole picture, not just the scream sikh guy. seriously, it's not funny.
so as i receive the slip of paper soon, i will scan through all the numbers, think of whether i have even had a 10 sentence conversation with this person before, and move on until i find a name of someone i know, and just write this number down. Yes, i am guilty of corrupting democracy, but really, who cares? it's not like it will affect my life....
Labels: choice, democracy, racism, voting
