Thomas:
I have long puzzled over this question of democracy and I would like to
propose the Democratic Lottery. For it to work, there is only one
assumption that needs to be made and that every citizen is capable of making
decisions. Whether you are a hooker, housewife, drunk, tradesman,
Yes, the resources are finite, and the only way we can survive
to the point where our population level out without any
war or other means of mass death,
if we use what we have sustainably, which needs global
cooperative employment of the best science we can muster.
It cannot be done with the
At 09:32 PM 1/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
So an unambiguous fact about Democracy, is that Iceland has had one
longer
than any Western Country as was pointed out to me on this list last
year.
There are also many pure Democracies in traditional cultures around the
world.
They are however, remarkably
Caspar Davis,[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes:
...there certainly comes a point where further knowledge merely numbs or
depresses.
Too true, unfortunately, and the condition of women in fundamentalist
countries is a case in point. I gather that support for the petition was
so great that the ISP
with both the lottery and this proposal you are basically suggesting
that the power should be wrangled from the hands of those now,
representing the interests of capitalists/multinationals.
I thought someone need to spell it out for you...
Good luck, I am with you all the way!
Eva
I like
sounds like he equated capitalism with democracy.
Big mistake...
Eva
Octavio
Paz's
In Light of India, where I came across this passage:
"In the West since the l8th century change has been overvalued. Traditional
India, like old European societies prized immutabilityAlong with change
I agree with what you say here. I've never used the term "pure
democrcy". I am aware of the dynamic relationship between democracy
and dictatorship; it is democracy for those who are part of the
power, the real decisionmaking, the control of information,
and is basically dictatorship for
This document has been circulating for more than a month, comes back
regularly on every newsgroup I know, and should not be answered to, because
the organiser's e-mail adress has been removed, due to being inundated with
thousand upon thousands of answers. It's dangerous to ask people to mail
Mike Gurstein just posted a piece on the closure of Devco in Cape Breton
Canfutures, in which are to be found these two paragraphs, describing
frictions in the labour market and wealth effects which Krugman claims not
to exist.
Mike H
The emotion that greeted Premier Russell MacLellan Friday in
From the esteemed listowner of skeptic:
...
Basically, I suspect anyone claiming Einstein on their side -- and
irreligious people do this as often as people defending various religions
-- is not paying as much attention to the context of Einstein's overall
philosophy as they should. Frankly,
- Original Message -
From: Victor Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I like Thomas' suggestion for governance by a parliament comprised of
citizens chosen by lottery. It certainly eliminates a lot of distortions in
Inspired by this story, I have proposed the Moccasin Rule for government.
These are
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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 07:38:57 -0800 (PST)
From: MichaelP [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "unlikely.suspects": ;
Subject: Primates learning the rules of commerce
It's hard for me to resist this story. - In the 15m years that have passed
since humans and
It's not a ridiculous idea...just very limited. For example that
"footprint" should be measured in 3 space not 2 space.
FWP.
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Melanie Milanich wrote:
Re: William Rees and his "ecological footprint" . Most people still
don't "get" it. The Globe and Mail had an editorial
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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 07:15:04 -0800 (PST)
From: MichaelP [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "unlikely.suspects": ;
Subject: chefs speak up against genetically manipulated foods
This is about - Why governments can't be trusted to protect us against
genetically
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