Votives = Voting Motives

Current Song Obsession: "I Don't Believe You" by The Magnetic Fields

Elections. There's a lot of those going on right now. Many teenagers hate politics and therefore aren't too excited about this; the general response is a yawn. However, democracy has given us a lot of things, like freedoms, rights, American Idol- Okay, I'm willing to put aside certain... misuses of voting to see that democracy is generally a good thing. A great number of people throughout history and around the world have died, protested, begged and pleaded for the right to vote. The funny thing is that, here in North America, we're a bit hesitant to get off our butts and fill in a ballot, especially as young voters. Today, a teacher asked me why I thought this was and I think people call into one of three catagories:
a) I'm too stupid to vote, which covers those who don't understand or aren't informed about politics, the voting system and the issues. (In my "expert" opinion, very few are truly too stupid to vote, though.)
b) Voting is too stupid, which is the catagory for those who thinks politics/voting/etc is too corrupt to change anything and that voting is a waste of time, and finally...
c) I don't care (enough), for those who can't be bothered to vote because they're busy, or don't check the candidates' websites to get informed because they need the time to floss their teeth.

All right, so you've already figured out where I stand. Tell me what you think. There's a poll on the lefthand side where you can even exercise your right to vote and the comments link is just below this post. Give me a shout, tell me I'm wrong, agree completely, I don't care; just say something! (But also note that your ability to do so was assured by democracy... I'm just sayin')

Also, News: Hopefully we'll have a real, live podcast up up soon! The plans are in progress and there is talk of getting together quite soon, and once we have it recorded, it should only be a matter of time before we have something to show for it.

Always,
Megan

Laws Over Morals?

To provide you, our dearest reader, with a bit of cohesive-ness, the Unedited Team has not only pledged to cough up some nice disputable topics for you to mull over, but also a bit of pop-culture in the form of music (and in this post's case - movies!). And so I'll start this blog off with a bang - or rather with something a bit softer (okay! Bad, I know...), as my current song obsession comes in the form of Radiohead's "High and Dry" from The Bends, and also "15 steps" from their newest album called In Rainbows. While I fully understand that "High and Dry" is most likely talking about someone getting, well, high - the cool thing about these two songs is that, unlike a lot of Radiohead's stuff, they both have a substantial beat. Weird? Well, okay, not very. Beats are pretty normal I guess. But breathe a sigh of relief - today's blog isn't about the fixes in my brain, but rather about law and morals and which one should take precedence over the other.

This idea actually came about when I was watching Gone Baby Gone with my sister today - awesome, by the way - where (without ruining the movie) the controversy of breaking the law for good came up. Without bringing up euthanasia and the death penalty, the question still exists: is it okay to break the law if your morals are 100% true? Is it "okay" to kidnap a child from abusive parents? Is it okay for us to commit murder, if we are murdering rapists and child molesters? There are a hundred variables in this of course, as always. How can you tell your morals are straight? Who says what is morally sound? Can you make choices for other people?

What do you think?

Always,
Rosy

The Anti-Episode

No need to download this file (although in the future, I understand that clicking the title of this post should allow you to download a podcast). I'm testing out our feed, site, software and my own ability to follow tutorials. http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/ is a great resource that we've been using extensively. I highly recommend it! Hopefully - if this works - it will be a sign that the REAL podcasts are on their way.

Always,
Megan

EDIT: After some fiddling around with it, I have successfully uploaded a 10 second clip of my own voice. This is progress, folks!

Testing, Testing...

Welcome to Unedited (or, at least, the blog for it...) What is Unedited? Well, right now it's just an idea, but we're hoping to make it a podcast as well. We're two teenagers who tend to have opinions about the what's going on - from pop culture to genetics - and we're willing to bet that you have a few things to say too. In a society where apathy is widely considered cool, we invite you to be passionate about something, driven by something, and to talk about something like it matters. That's what we intend to do. Tune in to our podcast (once we get one up!) to learn more about our plans.

Always,
Unedited