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- From: popec@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (William C. Barwell)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.misc,uiuc.politics,alt.politics.elections
- Subject: Re: Campaign funding a joke
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:40:57 GMT
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- kkopp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (koppenhoefer kyle cramm) writes:
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- > mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz) writes:
- >
- > >I've heard of a republic, for sure. But why do we need a republic? Or
- > >more appropriately, why DID we need a republic? Let's send paul revere
- > >from town to town and get him to poll everyone on everything, right?
- > >More like it is that we do NOW have the ability to vote on public agenda
- > >every year and get complete vote tally within a few hours...
- >
- > Just because we have the technical capacity does not mean it is a good
- > idea. The public gets far too rapped up and emotional over issues, and
- > a more delibrate process is necessary.
- >
- >
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- What seems like a good idea today may turn out to be a foolish idea when
- you think about it for a while and consider all the possible
- ramifications. A mass media convention called prematurely might lead
- craven politicians to crater in to public demands for actions that later
- turn out to be foolish.
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