At 18:28 14-03-03 -0500, Bryon Daly wrote:
Although I really prefer to go for the third option: an improved UN
where each country has one vote, where no country has veto power so
that no country can force its will upon others, and where all
decisions are made by all members, not a small
The one country, one vote system also gives you the least amount
of paperwork After all, either a country exists or it doesn't.
This is a very puzzling statement. What about northern Somalia? It
collects taxes, pays civil servants and soldiers, and you can point to
it on the map.
Earlier, I wrote,
What about northern Somalia? It collects taxes, pays civil
servants and soldiers, and you can point to it on the map. From
what I have heard, it is one of the better run countries in its
part of Africa.
By `northern Somalia' I meant the part of the country
At 23:39 12-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
BTW - Jeroen - a constitutional monarchy is a form of republican
government
How's that?
Under a population-based system, China's population should be measured as
being approximately 5,000. This is the number of people who are actually
However, to be consistent with that policy, the population of *every*
country should then be measured as the number of people who voted that
country's government into power.
No it should be measured by those who had the *opportunity* to vote.
IOW, you want an international organisation in
At 10:44 14-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
IOW, you want an international organisation in which countries may
give their opinion, but in which the US unilaterally makes all the
decisions.
I think that such an arrangement would be both an improvement over the
status quo, and beneficial to the
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
Although I really prefer to go for the third option: an improved UN where
each country has one vote, where no country has veto power so that no
country can force its will upon others, and where all decisions are made by
all members, not a small subset of members (like
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:39:09PM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 05:01 PM 3/11/2003 + Robert J. Chassell wrote:
Or should decision making be based on population, so that China and
India, gain power, and smaller states, like France or the US, have
less? The `one adult, one vote' method
