Alan Siegrist schrieb: > My unstated premise was that if people are to vote for their leader, it is > only fair that they should consent to be ruled by the leader they elect. > Well, my premise was just the opposite. As the people of the world are directly (and negatively) influenced by the acts of the American president, they should perhaps be given a voice.
I was rather pissed off when the Bush government stated that the German government should support the war in Iraq, based on lies, in opposition to the voice of the people. I was (and am) under the impression that democracy meant listening to the people. I am under the impression that in the election 2000, voter participation was below 50 % and Bush got less than 50 % of the popular vote, which means that he actually didn't get one out of four. Afterwards he still bragged about receiving a mandate. Have fun, Roland --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
