Just because you're in the majority does not make you right, and just because you're in the minority does not make you wrong.
Don't get me wrong, democracy is a great system. For better or worse, it has gotten this country where it is today. It may have failed us in the past (cough, Bush, cough), but it still has merit for a system of government.
Yet some people have forgotten that the majority only rules when it comes to voting. If something is right, it's right. Period. No matter how many idiots think it is wrong, it is right.
The most obvious example is science. A fact is a fact. It is not open to interpretation. To matter how many people believe you can fall up, it'll never actually happen. That said, I still encourage you to keep trying.
But some morals are indisputable as well. Perhaps those morals are not written in a book or taught by our parents, but inherent to human beings. Whether you believe in God, Karma, reincarnation or Muhammad, punishment for sins is universal.
But maybe you aren't punished when you break some arbitrary rule written in some ancient tome that's been translated and interpreted more times then Oprah's gained that weight back.
Maybe we are punished when we do in our hearts or souls or brains what we know to be wrong.
And frankly, I'd be OK in a world where morals were not decided by a majority, but by what we all know is right and wrong.
And the word of the day is:
Open To Translation
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i like your thoughts.
although i think you answer your own question about why can't we rule by what is right and wrong--no one would ever, ever agree on the boundaries of that.
unless you give every group their own island--the evangelicals, the gays, the moderates, etc etc.
whatever. i'm rambling and tired, but hopefully this made sense.
also, i love mika.
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