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"the rule of majority wins is not always the better opinion." - bryan lee, 19 dec 04

brought up in this society, we been always following the rule of majority wins, where the minority has to obey. however, sometimes the option supported by the majority ends up as a wrong choice and the minority will start rubbing upon their misfortune.

there was an incident dat took placed in australia back in 1980s, alot of teachers went on strike in a local school there. all except 1, she kept to her duties as a teacher becoz she dont want her students to be affected by this. overall, the students are innocent. soon appleasement measures were done and the strike was over. not long after the incident, she was promoted and doing quite well too. this teacher was the teacher of my secondary school teacher, whether it is true anot i am not sure. :P however, i learnt dat we have to stick to our own principles if we think it is right and the majority may make foolish decisions too.

another story dat i came across was a situational reaction test. u are standing along a railway track, where u see 2 groups of children playing on 2 different tracks dat are side by side with each other. a train is heading towards the track with 5 children, while 2 children are on the other track. the toggle to switch the train track is within ur reach and u have to no time to warn anyone, what is ur choice?
*PLEASE STOP HERE & MAKE UR CHOICE 1ST*

if u have decided to switch the gear, have u ever considered that the other track may not be in used already and u could have endangered the lives of those on board the train as well. besides, the 5 children should know it is dangerous to play on an active track and they got a price to pay if the train really hit them. another point is to note, there r a total of 5 children, so they are more likely to notice the train coming and run away before dat. whereas for the other 2 children on the other track, maybe they know dat the track is not in used and will never expect the train to come their way, that is why they chose to play over there. this story is to reflect how things can go wrong for always sticking to the rule of majority wins.

next, i feel dat if the turnout is not good, the minority should not making fun out of the majority too. besides, during the decision making session, the minority did not do their part to turn the favour to their side enough. instead, they should work together to change the outcome. :)


+ BL updated @ 5:56 AM

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