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

[Jim Choate]

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> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 12:35:38 +0000
> From: Tim Griffiths <T.G.Griffiths at 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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