At 11:08 25/02/99 -0800, Greg Skinner wrote:
>Joop Teernstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> And life being such, it is our duty not to allow structures to
>> emerge that offer massive opportunity for abuse of power and
>> corruption. I thought Jim's point was valid.
>
>No governmental structure can overcome the foibles of human nature.
>
Greg,
You sound pretty defeatist. The design of such structures is an exercise in
putting checks on those foibles,of balancing powers and creating
accountability to the governed.
Some constitutions clearly do a better job than others.
Civilisation has been at it for 2500 years.
--joop--
www.democracy.org.nz
