On 20 Jul 2001, at 11:24, Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> What exactly did you have in mind? Appointing some kind of "Committee
> of Wise People" to run the country (or the world)? Or appointing one
> person "Sole Ruler Of The World" for life?
Commitee sounds good. And yes, you select by qualification and
record. How else can you tell who wold be suited to do it?
> Who will decide which people will become members of said committee,
> and who will decide which individual will become Sole Ruler for life?
> And on what will those decisions be based?
Not one person, ceratinly. And who would select..ahh, well, that's a
problem in of itself..
Andy
Dawn Falcon
