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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (71491)	8/4/2003 4:31:48 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Wow. Sounds like a great market...but uh, not fair to me. Inaccessable from here.

To: Lane3 who wrote (71491)	8/4/2003 6:07:54 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

<iu>a democracy formed on the premise of equality in the pursuit of happiness Huh? Where did you get THAT from??? First of all, of course, we don't live in a democracy. We live in a democratic republic. Second, it was NOT formed on the premise of equality. Quite the contrary. It was formed on MANY premises of structural INequality. When the republic was formed, women couldn't vote. (Worst mistake we ever made was to . . . ) Slavery was legal. Small states had as many senators as large states. The public weren't allowed to vote directly for Senators or for the President (still can't.) The votes of voters in very small states count more toward selecting a President than the votes of voters in large states, because no matter how small the state it still has three votes in the Electoral College. The founders of our republic were very much NOT believers in absolute equality. Nope. No way.