On 19 Jul 2001, at 7:48, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> At 11:47 AM 7/19/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM
> wrote: >Those examples you gave could happen in a dictatorship, not in
> a democracy. >You see, Kevin, that's why democracy is such a marvelous
> thing: if a >government would try something like you described, they
> would be punished >for it in the next election. So, crazy things like
> you mentioned just won't >happen in a democracy.
>
> I find it amazing that you can forget the results of a certain
> election in Germany back in the day.
Thank you for hitting on the very reason that I believe Democracy is
over-rated as a method of getting things done.
There needs to be a stable element which looks to the long term
within any government which will truly reprisent what is BEST for
the people, not just what they WANT at any given time.
And yes, to use the old cliche, I believe that most people are
sheep.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
