on 16/6/01 12:00 AM, Alberto Monteiro at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Marc Erickson wrote:
>>
>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Or, one could argue that the people are stupid and don't understand the
>> issue. ;-)
>>
>> Just playing devil's advocate here...
>>
> Me too (tm)
>
> Maybe the congressmen have access to data that the people
> don't have; for example, they may know that increasing CO2
> emission will eventually melt the ice of Antarctica, so that
> Humanity may get the Old Ones as allies against the
> Spawn of Cthulhu.
At last, a sensible explanation...
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William T Goodall
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