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.
Alberto Monteiro