> On 2006-Aug 05, at 02:16hrs AM, Tony Smith wrote:
> 
> >> Subject: Re: [OT] a definite blood.boiler Wheeeeee !
> >>
> >> The mob voted, you didn't, so you can't really complain!  :)
> >>
> >> Tony
> >
> > Do you say that jokingly or do you believe the members of the mob 
> > should rule ?
> 
> 
> Well, by definition, democracy is mob rule.
> 
> The only way to stop mob rule is to out-vote the mob. ^1^  By 
> not voting, you're a non-participant. ^2^ You can either 
> abolish voting (a meritocracy, perhaps?), get political, 
> stage a coup or sit about complaining ^3^.
> 
> Australia has also compulsory voting, you get fined if you 
> don't show up.  ^4^
> 
> This has the added bonus where you can laugh at people who 
> put 'I fish/shoot/play banjo and I vote' stickers on their 
> 
> Tony
> 
> ^1^  Oppose mob rule is another way.  Stop them every way you 
> can from making decisions for you or others.
> ^2^  Voting does not make you a participant.  Simple math 
> demonstrates that your vote is worth less than a plugged EURO.
> ^3^ Abolish voting for most things ( 98%)   Give representatives  
> decision making
> power over the remaining 2%.
> ^4^  So one might show up, punch a chad and wobble on home, 
> proud to have dodged a fine.
> AGSC


Say, you're not writing this from a little shack in Montana, are you?

1. How do you (or have you) oppose mob rule?  By not voting and then
complaining?
2. Voting is participation.  Lobbying is a step up from that, getting
elected even better.
3. You don't vote for many things.  You vote for someone with similar views
to yours, who then votes (legislates) on your behalf.
4. You don't have to worry about that.

What exactly are the mob doing that you don't like?  No-one likes mob rule,
but unless you want be be entirely self-sufficient, you're stuck with it.
Nobody is forcing you to participate in society under mob rule.  And no
cheating on the self-sufficiency, no trips into town to stock up on stuff
you can't make yourself, that's relying on the mob.  (Bonus test: how do you
make a pencil?)

I guess that's what 'no man is an island' means.

Tony

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