Friday, March 25, 2011

take on the minority

Once every few weeks we do a company pizza lunch..   Not much to it other than somebody calls up and orders three pies and 45 minutes a dozen famished employees hammer down slice after slice.    Now aside from the obvious health-risks as we all have expanding waistlines there is another issue with this process.    See every time the decision is made to do a company pizza luncheon one employee walks around to try to figure what toppings we will order and inevitably somebody will say that we should order at least one plain pie.  

Fast-forward about half an hour after delivery.. there are two empty pizza boxes thrown to the floor one with a few pieces of stray meatball and mushroom and the other with some pieces of chicken and broccoli while a third box stands almost untouched. 

I don't get how in a democracy one voice can have so much power while the wishes of the majority are compromised when one loud voice is able to get legislation passed for which the rest of the group has to suffer.  .   I know there is a need for some voice for the minority but when it becomes so powerful that the will of the people is compromised I don't feel like democratic justice is served.

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