From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 21:03:50 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Re: democracy?! (Re: Terrorism is a NON-THREAT (fwd)
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> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 04:13:59 -0800 (PST)
> From: mark@unicorn.com
> Subject: Re: democracy?! (Re: Terrorism is a NON-THREAT

> Jim Choate wrote:
> >If we as individuals can't make our own decisions about what is best for us,
> >what makes you think some stranger will do any better?
> 
> Indeed. Yet in a democracy, any two other members are assumed to know
> better than me, and any 51% to know better than the other 49%.

No, it doesn't - your definition of democracy is a simplistic if not
childish view intended to cast democracy in the worst possible light
imaginable. What you describe is a democracy which has no bill of rights or
explicit limitations on the issues that the democratic body can vote on.
Obviously there is nothing in the definition of a democracy that prevents
those founding the democracy from stating:

"Congress shall make no law respecting ..."

or 

"The rights of the people to .... shall not be infringed."

Grow up.

> Indeed, thereby proving that democracy *doesn't* work.

You've proved nothing except your a priori dislike for democracy because you
want to convince others you are an angel.


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