On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
Petro wrote:
Even if one assumes that the G8 reps from this country are directly appointed by elected officials (and it's not a bet I'd be willing to take), I'd bet that most of the others are not.
Maybe yes, maybe no, but the G8 are all nominally democratic. Anything to back up your assumption?
Yes, the vast majority of government employees are not elected.
Anyway, democracy is just the dictatorship of the proletariat.
How can a group be a dictator, which is by definition a single individual?
No argument there, but I think the barbarians at the gate (the rioters) would be infinitely worse.
Nah, most of them don't have guns.
It was a hypothetical statement.
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