In article <[log in to unmask]>, Adrian Midgley
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Lazarus Long's notebook was particularly good on it, but I don't
>have it to hand.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
-- Lazarus Long
>If you live in a democracy, vote.
I prefer to exercise my democratic 'right' not to vote.
>There are defficiencies with our current voting systems, for
>instance the inability to cast a vote _against_ something - which is
>not perfectly dealt with by single transferable votes and other sorts
>of PR.
>But it is better than any alternative so far.
If nobody went to the party they (the mysterious others) would have to
think again.
>Democracy:
<snip>
>you avoid making decisions.
Responsible anarchy: where freedom is tempered by common sense. I think
that this is probably an evolutionary ideal but it works well in small
groups.
Regards
George
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