The democratic process has been taking some hits lately.  One wonders if it can survive. 

True democracy relies on decisions that are made through the will of the people.  The first, and most famous blow came in 2000, when popular-vote winner Al Gore was denied the presidency by a 5-4 poll of a much smaller electing body.  Such failures at the top of our society have a trickle-down effect.  The results have been seen in Kenya, Georgia, and now, on ObscureCraft.

The vote to name Rose's kitties ran down party lines.  A 5-5 split.  Buffy and Willow, or Nine and Eleven? The electorate was undecided, and what could have been a decisive vote was cast for Oprah and Gayle as a third-party candidate.  The decision was then sent to the ObscureCraft Supreme Court, Honorable Judge Rose presiding.

Buffy and Willow? Nine and Eleven? Which way would the court decide?  The decision is in.  And in what amounts to the most unbelievable disregard for the democratic process this commentator has ever seen, the kitties are now named... Q and Z.

Naturally, you are all outraged by this miscarriage of justice.  First of all, these are not even names.  Cue and Zee are at least names.  Q and Z are Scrabble tiles.  And sure, they may be worth 10 points each, but is anybody ever really happy to see them? Give me an H or a W anyday of the week.

I take a certain amount of blame for this debacle.  After all, the answer was right in front of me.  The correct choice of kitty names was obviously Ellen and Portia.