The Snippet...

Walking back from lunch today, 2 ordinary men walked by me and were having a harmless conversation amongst themselves. As they briskly walked past me I overheard one gentleman say to the other, "You need to just get off the gerbil wheel..." This made my day. What a silly and unusual thing to hear when you are taken off guard. This gave me the idea to compose a journal full of quotes from snippets of other people's conversations. I'm sure we have all walked by someone, sat at a table, or just overheard some weird stuff from people talking. When taken out of context they can be quite amusing...

Prop 8...

So as of recent a proposition that California had voted for and had passed was recently over turned by a judge in San Fransisco. Weather you are for or against the proposition is really irrelevant to this post. This post is a thought of confusion as to why things can be over turned when the majority of a state voted and passed this proposition. I'm confused about democracy. In school I learned that government is not to be run by one person's views and opinions, but rather the people make up the government. The people vote for and decide what laws and regulations there will be and the judges uphold and enforce these laws. The people decide the laws, not judges. I'm not the smartest guy or even the wisest, but I feel that what has happened is wrong. Does this mean that a judge can turn around and change the legal age to drive to 5 years old? I mean if one law can be over turned why not another? Again, this isn't a post about my connection to a proposition, it's a post about the integrity of our government. If I vote for something and it doesn't pass then I accept that the majority of my state or America has disagreed with me and I will abide by what the majority wants, not necessarily agree, but abide. It's difficult to have faith in a state or country rather, where people can vote for what they want and then have a person who has been appointed to uphold and enforce the law overturn what the majority wants. I personally feel that this is just the beginning of a downward spiral, in which people will not let democracy work...