Sure, sure...I know this "I am better than my fellow citizens" attitude. POC
On 26 Nov 2002, Kelsey Jordahl wrote: > >>>>> milliontc writes: > > > I wonder if anyone would like to make comment on the > > following... Direct Democracy > > I think direct democracy is a terrible idea. People are already too > poorly informed to vote knowledgeably on the 10 or so ballot > initiatives we have every election here in California. Do you want > every complex issue decided by every schmoe with a remote control? > Do you have time to study and vote in an informed way on _every_ issue > that comes up? Do you think the average person does? To understand > the details of the laws as they are proposed? Big money is already > corrupting the once-populist ballot initiative process, soon it will > be as bad as the campaigns that candidates run. In a true direct > democracy, laws would be sold like soft drinks. There is no way the > mass market could be conducive to a real debate on the issues. > > The solution is to reform the election process. Representative > democracy is the only way to run a complex society in a way which can > be both effective and responsive to the people. As has been observed > by many including Churchill, [representative] democracy is the worst > form of government, except for all the others that have been tried. > > -- > Kelsey Jordahl > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
