Democracy

I recently started singing with a local choir. A vote was taken at the last rehearsal about dress code for performances. Talking to other members, it was clear that a debate about this had rumbled on for many months. In the end, the vote was to choose between 'no change' (all black), or going to a mandatory white blouse for the women.

It would be easy to satirise this. But it's not easy to handle in real life. Everyone has an opinion, it's all subjective, so how do you reach a decision? Consensus is difficult, a 'leadership' decision may not be acceptable (perversely because it's not a very important issue), so what is the best course of action? Perhaps uncomfortable compromise is the occasional price of democracy.