Re: Down With Democracy?

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Fri Oct 05 2001 - 09:37:47 MDT


Don't worry, Miriam. I'd never confuse you with a libertarian....

Miriam English wrote:
>
> Ummm... I'd just like to make sure everyone realises I didn't write that
> bit below. I think it must have been a Lorrey quote.
>
> - Miriam
>
> At 02:32 AM 05/10/2001, Charles Hixson wrote:
> >Mike Lorrey wrote:
> >
> >>Miriam English wrote:
> >>...
> >>Tyranny of the majority in a low trust society will always result in the
> >>growth of influence of communist/socialist groups.
> >>...
> >
> >
> >Tyranny of the majority is bad, but it doesn't compare to tyranny of the
> >minority. The only solution I know of is to some how restrict the powers
> >of governments. This is usually temporary, as governments are quite
> >clever about circumventing such rules.
> >--
> >Charles Hixson
> >
> >Copy software legally, the GNU way!
> >Use GNU software, and legally make and share copies of software.
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>
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