Voting Day tomorrow. From what I can tell, democracy seems visibly effective directly prior to change. All the candidates are making commitments, promises and doing the hard graft to get a few votes. I have to wonder whether there will be any change in the established order of things. I'd trade the spire in Dublin for a hospital any day. Maybe we could sell off all those eVoting machines with eBay, build a few schools.
It struck me that I've never seen a goverment which satisfied its people. Someone was always critical. It's like trying to please most of the people some of the time or some of the people most of the time. The fine thing about democracy of course is that you only need to keep 51% of the people happy all the time.
Then there's the leaving cert English brouhaha. Should blow over by the end of the month. Had it been me, I don't think it would have made a difference. I recall very little, other than thinking like a robot. In one eye, out one hand. That's all there was to it. It's the grey bit in the middle that can cause problems.
I am of course grateful for the fine weather we've been having. For the first time in almost a decade, there's a prospect of tanning. Bon voyage to my only regular subscribed reader who might be reading this at a dreary desk somewhere. Hope the trip was good fun.
Well, time to get back to work. For you though:
Are we free? Or are we shackled to our ties that bind? Family, friends, work... It all adds up to a life where we make a lot of decisions. These decisions can seem insignificant when made, but they often turn out to influence more than we initially realise. Our Free Will allows us to make these decisions. But what if we didn't have Our Free Will? Someone else would have to decide... Could you?
