Re: (Being able to) sell votes
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Adam Shostack wrote: Ross Perot demonstrated that you can buy your way into an election now. Maybe we should just admit that that's the case. Could it be worse than the unofficially sold elections and gerrymandered districts we have now? I think it's pretty well demonstrated the person with the most money wins. It would be a good way to build more respect for the dead, that's all :-) Wouldn't change the outcome of any election, but it might improve the living standards of those who least vote. At least for a day or so... Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike
Re: (Being able to) sell votes
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 07:02:40AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: | On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Tyler Durden wrote: | | Me, I don't like the idea of people actualy selling votes, but I think I | like the idea of people BEING ABLE to sell their votes. | | But then votes are property, and property can be transfered, so | you could sell your vote from your will, and dead voters could | be very powerful :-) If I were Bill Gates, I'd like the idea too. Ross Perot demonstrated that you can buy your way into an election now. Maybe we should just admit that that's the case. Could it be worse than the unofficially sold elections and gerrymandered districts we have now? Adam -- It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. -Hume
Re: (Being able to) sell votes
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Tyler Durden wrote: Me, I don't like the idea of people actualy selling votes, but I think I like the idea of people BEING ABLE to sell their votes. But then votes are property, and property can be transfered, so you could sell your vote from your will, and dead voters could be very powerful :-) If I were Bill Gates, I'd like the idea too. Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike
(Being able to) sell votes
Who, for instance, sees nothing at all wrong with selling votes. Where I come from, it's called equity. :-). Yes, one could argue that the vast majority of the public have their votes bought and sold all the time, but they are unaware of it and don't reap the benefits. Wait scratch that...they ARE aware of it and don't give a crap precisely because they don't reap the benefits! Me, I don't like the idea of people actualy selling votes, but I think I like the idea of people BEING ABLE to sell their votes. From: R. A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stuart Schechter [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Digital Bearer Settlement List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fwd: [fc] list of papers accepted to FC'03 Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:58:37 -0500 At 9:24 AM -0500 on 11/16/02, Stuart Schechter wrote: I don't think you'll find our paper to be overly technical - at least not from a computer science or cryptographic perspective. We wrote this paper because we believe that determining the level of security necessary to deter an adversary is a problem of more general interest. Certainly if it's *financially* calculable. ;-). Cheers, RAH Who, for instance, sees nothing at all wrong with selling votes. Where I come from, it's called equity. :-). -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience. -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
