Re: Re: nader/green party (political - duh)

["Peter T. Chattaway" <petert@interchange.ubc.ca>]

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Aaron Edwards wrote:
> I've been thinking recently. It used to be that a true democracy could
> only be done in a very small country. But with technology the way it is,
> I think it's going to be posible for a country like America to really be
> a democracy. think about it, in maybe ten years, we could all vote by
> email (on everything!). I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad
> thing, but the posibilty is kind of exciting.

I tilt towards "bad thing", if you think America should be absolutely
uniform from coast to coast based on what a raw majority (which may or may
not be centralized in one particular region) thinks at any given moment.

> I do have to say that it would be better than our current system, where
> the President does not listen to the people (the largest protest in
> history, and Bush calls it the opinion of a "focus group).

And what evidence do you have that the individuals who comprised this
protest represent "the people" as a whole?

--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter@chattaway.com ---
Nothing tells memories from ordinary moments; only afterwards do they
   claim remembrance, on account of their scars. -- Chris Marker, La Jetee

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