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To: michael97123 who wrote (39917)	11/24/2000 8:43:10 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (3) of 70976

re: laziness in Miami would make Bush the winner The level of uncertainty in this process, is much greater than the difference between the candidate's vote counts. That is, we are never going to know who Floridians really wanted for President. And whoever "wins" the Presidency, is going to have no mandate, and a Senate split exactly 50-50, and the House with a razor-thin Republican edge. The U.S. is a Lawyerocracy, a lot like ancient theocracies. We have a class of shamans who speak a language no one else understands, and who have become the final arbiter of all decisions. The Supreme Court is our Delphi. A vote is not a vote, a contract is not a contract, until a judge says it is. No copyright or patent is trusted until it is "court-tested". Every kind of personal or family dispute ends up in court. And the Lawyers can define and redefine words with infinite flexibility. Look at how the definition of the phrases "due process" and "equal protection" have expanded to cover just about all possible human activity. I suppose this is a better system than fighting in the streets, or choosing leaders by single combat. But it's not democracy.

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