RE: [EM] Responses to some of Forest's ideas

[Forest Simmons]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, LAYTON Craig wrote (in part):

> ....
> power to make the lives of 35% of the population miserable.  The solution to
> tyranny of the majority is to make the decision making structure more
> diffuse, not to elect a single candidate, who isn't very popular, to make
> all the decisions.
> 
> Craig Layton
> 

I agree that Proportional Representation (where possible) is a much better
solution, and that anybody elected on a single winner basis should have
very tightly controlled limits on his/her power. 

Forest