Re: [IFWP] Singapore Update

[Kent Crispin]

On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 08:39:43AM -0600, David Schutt wrote:
[...]
> In case anyone is unclear about this, the whole point of a constituency is
> to solidify a power base, and defend it against dilution. Constituencies are
> by *definiton* 'capture by special interests'.

Precisely the same thing could be said about *any* measure designed 
to protect a minority -- a minority is a special interest, by 
definition.

You have dual problems -- the "tyranny of the majority" and the 
"tyranny of the minority".  There is no perfect solution

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Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
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