Dear Leo,
Having spent an entire adult lifetime addressing the challenges of the
question you pose......I offer the following observation: History seems to
have demonstrated that "deeply-intrenched" control systems....no matter the
degree of benigness claimed, rarely ever respond to supplication.
Additionally, benefical change rarely, if ever, originates from the "fox
guarding the henhouse". The unpleasant truth appears to be that meaningful
improvement germinates from single-source origins: essentially, from the
common individual's influence upon their closest associates----who in-turn,
have an ever-expanding influence upon THEIR closest associates, etc. Slow
at first, this process becomes exponential in a very short historical
context.
At this late stage in this life, I am reminded (constantly)
of Emerson's infrequently-repeated admonition......"How many of us still
live, who for the truth, should be dead". While he may have been speaking
allegorically, it becomes no less challenging. My greatest fear, at
present, is the acceleration in the loss of personal freedoms------based
upon legal, but spiritually crippling effects imposed by fearful,
well-meaning persons.......which have manifested---at least in part---from
our individual retreat from vigilance.
Now comes my personal advice. Whatever your view of the
world.....confide it entirely, to at least one person you feel to possess
genuine character. To do less is to abdicate your claim to
"Republican"......and constitutes an open refusal to state your claim
to being a free INDIVIDUAL.
The foregoing is not only an opinion.....it is, for
me----a personal doctrine of
my individual responsibility. This procedure has been "my candle" in the
"world-of-darkness"----at least I perceive it to be so.
Sincerely, Brooks Bradley.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Keaveney" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 6:56 AM
Subject: CS>Democracy?
> Hi all,
> I'm posting this to the CS list for the benefit of all who want to read
it.
>
> In Ireland where I live, we have a system of government very similar to
> U.S.A. a government of the people, for the people, by the people.
> This is also supported by referendums on issues that require changes to
our
> constitution, all citizens are eligible to vote on these issues.
>
> With access to the WWW or intranet and teletext, it is now possible for
all
> the people to acquaint themselves with all the facts of all of the issues
of
> government, make their own decisions regarding these issues and vote
> accordingly as they wish from either their own homes, from work, from
> schools, from libraries or from government buildings.
>
> This type of democracy would reflect the peoples choices and could be
> reviewed as often as the people desired.
>
> When next you cast your vote are you going to vote for more of the same,
or
> are you going to make a choice for yourself on the one day when you have
the
> power in your hands.
>
> I would welcome all of your ideas of how a practical workable system like
> the above could be implemented and in particular how such a system could
be
> presented to the computer illiterate, from which I am not far removed.
>
> Namaste,
>
> Leo.
>
>
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