On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:01:06 -0500, Mike Hord wrote:
 
> > >...<
> > 
> > Personally, I think the system we have (basically I 
> > get one vote which even if it goes my way decides
> > everything the Government does for the next 5 years)
> > is a terribly unrepresentative thing to call democracy...
> 
> OTOH, when you look at what happens with direct
> democracy (for example, referendum voting in California),
> the results can be just as bad...

Ah, but what's "bad"?  My definition of that would be that I didn't get the result I wanted!  :-)

You obviously can't have voting on illogical issues, such as "No taxes and free fuel for everyone".  But I 
would really love to be able to vote "Stop persecuting motorists", but unfortunately none of the major parties 
have this in their manifesto  :-(

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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