Vote No

I just want to start out by saying that I do not wish to debate the politics surrounding the Vote No/Vote Yes ordeal. What I do want to talk about is the voting process. I recently found out that on the ballot, where you can check Vote Yes or Vote No, if one simply leaves it blank for whatever reason, then the vote is counted for the Vote No side. Regardless of one's personal feelings on this issue, I feel like this is ridiculous! The whole point of an election is to have a fair process for the public to decide how the government will run in their state. This totally gives an advantage to the Vote No side, and I feel like the playing ground should be equal for both sides. A lot of people probably will leave that section of the ballot blank, because they are undecided, uniformed about the issue, or other reasons. However, if they do this, then their intention of not voting will not be honored because their ballot will go in the Vote No pile. This post has nothing to do with my personal feelings about this subject, but I think that this sly trick is unfair to the people and makes the whole voting process biased toward one side.

Opinons of others

To what extent (hehe) should a person listen to others' opinions about oneself? If you are doing something (such as wearing a certain clothing style, coloring your hair, getting a piercing) that one of your loved ones does not approve of, should you stop doing it to appease them? It's a tough subject that really should be taken on a case by case basis. I think that if you are following a certain fad, or something not super important in the grand scheme of things, and it upsets someone close to you, that you must think about what is more important: this trend or the feelings of that person. I've recently had experience with this. I think that you should choose your battles; don't make a big deal out of something and cause problems between you and someone close to you about something that isn't worth fighting over.

The one

A friend of mine, Simon*, and I were talking about relationships the other day. He asked me if I believed that there is "a one" for everyone, like we hear about in the movies, tv, music, etc. I had to think about this one for a while. (I don't want to get in to all the religious/spiritual explanations). Is there really one person that each individual is destined to find and spend their life with? It's a rather crazy concept. Simon said that he thought such an idea did not exist and was not plausible. Though I do not entirely believe this idea, it's hard to wrap your mind around, I think that there are very few people that really match up with you perfectly. I also have heard of people dating around and not settling for happiness once they find it because they want to know if there is someone better (or a better match) for them out there. This goes back to the saying that there are "more fish in the sea." I don't really agree with this totally because it's not like any random person will match up with someone. I guess, in this conversation, we were just musing about this subject, never really coming to a solid conclusion.