At 21:04 14-6-01 +0300, Charlie Bell wrote:
> > The US Senate voted 99-0 against the Treaty. I don't
> > know how things work in Europe, but here in the United
> > States, new laws must be approved by the elected
> > representatives of the people. These representatives
> > voted 99-0 against those laws.
>
>So 100% of the representative voted against the treaty. Did 100% of American
>oppose the treaty? The "World's Largest Democracy" isn't terribly
>democratic, is it?
One might indeed argue that when a majority of the people says "Yes", while
the representatives all say "No", the US definitely has a problem with
understanding the basics of democracy.
Jeroen
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