On 2010-10-04 7:56 AM, Graham Lauder wrote: >> There is a reason that the American Founders reviled democracies as one >> > of the most evil creations man has ever come up with. > The phrase was: "Democracy is the worst form of Government, except for all > the > others."
No, Winston Churchill said that, but it was: "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried." But he wasn't an American Founder, and that comment isn't what I was referring to - I said what I meant and meant what I said. Read any of the historical founding documents for America and you quickly see the accuracy of my statement. Democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner. - always has been, always will be. Once people discover that they can vote themselves bread and circuses, a democracy is finished (witness what is happening in America today). America was originally created and is supposed to be a Constitutional Republic - yes, incorporating certain democratic processes (ie, voting for Representatives, etc), the difference being that in our Constitutional republic, the power of Congress is strictly limited to the delegated powers defined in the Constitution itself, and recognizing that certain Rights are permanently outside the purview of said powers. > There were errors made, fix the fallout, don't repeat Voting for Ron Paul and other like minded citizens is about the only shot we have of fixing it, but I don't hold out much hope, since most people seem to think that stealing from one to give to someone else is ok. -- Best regards, Charles -- To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/
