On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 11:17:44PM -0000, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > I think what we need is an organization like a "World Parliament" > where each member is elected [because even dictatorships nowadays > have some semblance to democracy and have elections, even if those > elections are fake], and the voters for each member come from > _different_ countries. Say, each 10 million voters would elect a > representative, and one such group might be 1 million from the USA, > 1 million from Brazil, 1 million from Nigeria, 1 million from India, > 1 million from Japan, etc. This representative should have _no_ > obligation to represent any nationality, but just some abstraction > like "Human Rights" or "Earth's Environment" etc.
That's an interesting idea. But why not simply have a popular vote? Anyone in the world meeting certain criteria could run for "representative", and everyone could vote for anyone(s) they want. Logistics would be a nightmare, but I don't know that your proposal would be any easier logistically. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
