On 11 Mar 2003 at 17:08, Jon Gabriel wrote: > >At 22:47 10-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: > > > >> >Don't forget our wonderful, non democratic means for selecting a > >> >president. > >> > >>Well, there are a lot of advantages to republican government over > >>democratic. > > > >What are those alleged advantages, and *why* are they advantages? > > Well, for one thing, every voice is heard and represented. One of the > primary disadvantages of a pure democracy is minority voices can > easily be crushed by the majority view. Theoretically, the > representation inherent to a republic allows minorities to speak, be > heard and spark debate. > > I'm sure our resident polisci experts will be able to answer in more > detail.
Yeah, but the system America uses is horribly over-complex. I'm in favour of a partial-list (much like Germany), single chamber government. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
