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- From: perlman@qso.Colorado.EDU (Eric S. Perlman)
- Subject: Re: Somalia
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.202429.16729@colorado.edu>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:24:29 GMT
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- In article <1hds1aINN9l6@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> al037@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Polewka) writes:
- >
- >
- > jonesek@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Erik Reid Jones) writes:
- >
- >>
- >> Yes, it is scary. The average American voter doesn't have a
- >> clue in the world. It's scary when democracy gets out of
- >> hand. Now I by no means advocate this, but it really does
- >> give hefty weight towards the argument of an intellectual
- >> aristocracy, where only those with at least a Bachelor's
- >> Degree can vote...
- >
- >The votes should be weighted according to how much income tax
- >the voter pays. The way it is now, the have-nots vote to pick
- >the pockets of the haves. We'll NEVER have peace that way.
- >--
- >=======================
- >"Endeavor to persevere"
- >=======================
-
- By this logic, people like Donald Trump or Michael Jackson have
- thousands of times as many votes as the average schmoe on the street.
- That's not what democracy means. Nor is it fair.
- --
- "How sad to see/A model of decorum and tranquillity/become like any other sport
- A battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee." -Tim Rice,"Chess"
- Eric S. Perlman <perlman@qso.colorado.edu>
- Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder
-