Re: democracy?! (Re: Terrorism is a NON-THREAT (fwd)

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> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 12:35:38 +0000
> From: Tim Griffiths <T.G.Griffiths@exeter.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: democracy?! (Re: Terrorism is a NON-THREAT

> Mark wrote:
> > 
> > Jim Choate wrote:
> 
> > 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%.
> > 
> > Democracy is merely the scoundrel's last attempt to maintain the divine
> > right of kings by coverting it into the divine right of the elected. 
> > 
> > >Which means we should have the lowest number of incarcerated individuals
> > >instead of the most.

I didn't write any of this. Please be more careful with your quotes.


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Jim Choate:
 
> I didn't write any of this. Please be more careful with your quotes.

Except, of course, for the bit credited to you:

   Which means we should have the lowest number of incarcerated individuals
   instead of the most.
   
which was originally posted by you (or a spoof) in message
<199710310315.VAA2177@einstein.ssz.com>, and later quoted by Mark
in his reply, which I responded to. I admit the aknowledgements weren't
too clear, a mixture of mine and Mark's editing.


Tim G.

Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com> writes:
> I didn't write any of this. Please be more careful with your quotes.

Not to get pedantic here, but you did write the bit you're quoted as
writing; you're not reading quotes properly.  This is what was quoted:

Mark wrote:
> Jim Choate wrote:
> [...]
> >Which means we should have the lowest number of incarcerated individuals
> >instead of the most.

Where the [...] was what Mark wrote, this is fairly normal quoting
which results from most software.  Hand editing might perhaps have
improved it by moving the "Jim wrote:" down to just before your quote,
but that's what happens when people edit quotes.

Anyway democracy sucks dead bunnies through straws, so there.

And since when is the definition of a democracy stated to have
constitutional-like limitations on government power.

And since when has any democratic country upheld principles stated in
such constitutions.

eg. US constitution says you have right to bear arms (good,
excellent), but your government is eroding those rights fast in spite
of your constitution.

(Not that UK government isn't worse you understand -- another example
of democracy not working well.)

Adam
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