[extropy-chat] HISTORY: Solved & Unsolved Riddles - theb wordagain

[R.Coyote]

I'm no expert (in anything) but the trick with Democracy is in a
constitutional foundation where certain rights are presumed inalienable, for
the purposes of protecting the minority from mob rule.

We are a bit astray from this idea in the USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Paatsch" <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] HISTORY: Solved & Unsolved Riddles - theb
wordagain


> Kevin wrote:
>
> > "Democracy is a good thing but it empowers fools to ban
> > medicines and life saving technologies if they in the majority
> > too. "
> > This is an excellent statement. Can I quote you on a T-shirt?
>
> Sure, you can reproduce anything you like or that is useful to you
> so long as you DON'T attribute it to me.
>
> I don't want to be a dead sound-bite I want to be effective and
> alive.
>
> I *like* that you like it though - don't get me wrong ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Brett
>
>
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