On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 23:13:14 +0100 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> At a risk of getting dangerously off topic. Can anyone name their > European Member of Parliment? > I certainly cannot. > > The 'Party List' system used in the UK (for Euro elections only) and > in many other EU states means you vote for a Party not an individual. > The number of seats a Party gets depends on the proportion of votes > cast. So the names at the top of the list are *guaranteed* to be > elected. Guess who gets to choose the order of the names on the list? > Not us for sure. > > So if a particular MEP is really bad. There is *no way* to get rid of > them so long as they appear high up the list. > > Democracy? I don't think so. I don't think we should single out any particular nation(s) or organization(s) for this type of behaviour. We as voters have allowed this to happen in many countries around the globe. For certain, here in Canada, we have allowed a Prime Minister to rule for 10 years, through scandal after scandal, without a blip in the polls. To be sure, there is some deliberate effort on the part of our rulers, speaking collectively here, to numb and blind us so that we go willingly along with things like this software patent nonsense, but it's no excuse. In the end, every country is democratic if they really wanna be, ya get me? -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The days are all empty and the nights are unreal.
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