At 06:43 PM 12/2/2004 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote: >> I must have missed the part where the 2004 election wasn't fair.... or are >> you buying into David Brin's Area-51 conspiracy theories as well? > >I haven't offered an opinion about whether not the 2004 election was >fair. I wrote that in a fair election, there are no "losers." I was >hoping to imply that I stand behind these words only if the election was >fair; otherwise, they are irrelevant.
You aren't inspiring a lot of confidence here.... >> What I see is a minority that is apparently unwilling to concede defeat in >> the last election, and recognize that some policies of the majority will be >> enacted - and that indeed they should be enacted, by virtue of having >> participated in the winning coalition. > >Are you saying that about half the nation's people are now obligated to >act as though the other half won *ownership* of the nation? No... but I am also saying that the minority has no right to expect that their policies should remain in effect, and that the policies of participants in the majority coalition should not be effected. That process is not "payback" and it is not "the Coming of Shadows", it is the natural outcome of the electoral process we just conducted. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
