At 08:20 PM 12/11/01 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote:

Danny Popkin writes:

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Rather, the problem with AP is that it is mob rule at its worst.

Worse than the secret ballot?

Much worse. With a secret ballot you need to get a majority to support

any particular position. That's a significant hurdle to overcome. But with AP any small group of people that can put up enough money to hire an assassin can get their way. The going rate for a murder is around $5-10K to off an average person, more if he's heavily guarded. If 100 people put up $100 each then that's enough to get someone killed.

Imagine a secret ballot where any measure to increase government power would pass if it received as few as 100 votes. How much freedom would you have left in such a society? That's what AP represents.

Hilarious, you sound like John McCain whining about campaign donations...