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  1. Xref: sparky sci.crypt:4396 comp.org.eff.talk:6809 alt.privacy:2114 talk.politics.guns:23621
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!genie!starr
  3. From: starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Tim Starr)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,talk.politics.guns
  5. Subject: Re: Registering "Assault Keys"
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov6.075227.25577@genie.slhs.udel.edu>
  7. Date: 6 Nov 92 07:52:27 GMT
  8. Article-I.D.: genie.1992Nov6.075227.25577
  9. References: <1d4d6uINNq7s@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <1992Nov5.085732.1183@genie.slhs.udel.edu> <1dcauhINNaf5@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>
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  11. Organization: UDel, School of Life & Health Sciences
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  13.  
  14. In article <1dcauhINNaf5@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh) writes:
  15. }starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Tim Starr) writes:
  16. }
  17. }>Not really.  Consent and coercion are opposites; if Switzerland has a high
  18. }>degree of consent compared to other countries, then it has a low level of
  19. }>coercion by the same standard.
  20. }
  21. }Not necessarily, a government can have a high degree of consent by a
  22. }large majority, and still be increadibly coercive to a minority.
  23.  
  24. Perhaps you don't know what I referred to when I said that Switzerland has
  25. citizen vetoes.  A minority of of the Swiss electorate can nullify legislation.
  26. My understanding is that one third is required to do this, and this doesn't
  27. completely bar oppression of smaller minorities, but I stand by my claim that
  28. Switzerland thus has the highest degree of consent by the governed in the
  29. world.
  30.  
  31. True, there still may be oppression, but less than anywhere else.
  32.  
  33.  
  34. Tim Starr - Renaissance Now! - Think Universally, Act Selfishly
  35. starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu
  36.  
  37. "True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten
  38. oneself and others." - Voltaire
  39.