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#1 AllStarZ

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Posted 15 December 2008 - 03:26

Has anyone ever noticed that at the forefront of a lot of these ideas are people with too much time and money?

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Posted 15 December 2008 - 03:32

Yes.

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Posted 15 December 2008 - 03:33

Mind = blown

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Posted 15 December 2008 - 04:31

View PostRorschach, on 15 Dec 2008, 3:32, said:

Yes.

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Posted 15 December 2008 - 19:09

Lol yes. *looks at QPIRG*
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 19:16

View PostAllStarZ, on 15 Dec 2008, 3:26, said:

Has anyone ever noticed that at the forefront of a lot of these ideas are people with too much time and money?
Or is it because they are the only ones with the resources to campaign?

At Uni I felt strong opposition to my Union, I never did anything because I was working, and frankly because no one listens to student unions, not even students. Whereas people doing mickey mouse courses who had 4 days off a week could put forth their half formed thoughts.

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Posted 15 December 2008 - 19:24

View PostDauth, on 15 Dec 2008, 14:16, said:

mickey mouse courses

My roommate is taking an "art of listening" course.
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 20:01

View PostScope, on 15 Dec 2008, 20:24, said:

View PostDauth, on 15 Dec 2008, 14:16, said:

mickey mouse courses

My roommate is taking an "art of listening" course.
Some certain forumers here should do, too.

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Posted 15 December 2008 - 20:42

Well it has to do with music but I know what you meant.
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 22:57

I find that funny because i was watching some old cold war space race footage today and when explorer 1 went into space (after sputnik fyi) they said democracy was in space for the first time... :/
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 23:10

That probably has something to do with the fact that... I don't know... the USSR was like the farthest thing from democratic?

EDIT: Oh snap, I'm going to Kalamazoo in March.

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Posted 21 December 2008 - 11:19

Democracy means rule of the people, but that can be interpreted many ways. Usually people interpret it to mean that the population has a legal way of some guaranteed influence in their government.
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Posted 21 December 2008 - 22:44

View PostCodeCat, on 21 Dec 2008, 11:19, said:

Democracy means rule of the people, but that can be interpreted many ways. Usually people interpret it to mean that the population has a legal way of some guaranteed influence in their government.


I agree. This why I'm anti-democratic.

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Posted 22 December 2008 - 12:04

So you believe that some people should not have the ability to vote?
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Posted 22 December 2008 - 12:11

View PostCodeCat, on 22 Dec 2008, 13:04, said:

So you believe that some people should not have the ability to vote?


I think government should be so small as to make their vote insignificant.
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Posted 22 December 2008 - 12:37

Watch the politics guys.

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Posted 31 December 2008 - 07:46

I think Democracy is flawed on the basis that the average person is a complete moron.

View PostMasonicon, on 17 Oct 2009, 13:44, said:

According to Conspiracy theories in internet, sci-fi and fantasy are real!

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Posted 04 January 2009 - 00:10

View PostRaiDK, on 31 Dec 2008, 7:46, said:

I think Democracy is flawed on the basis that the average person is a complete moron.

Unfortunately, so are most politicians....
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Posted 04 January 2009 - 21:38

There exists no real democracy in the world today. A state is run by and through manipulation. Example: you didn't win the elections? Big deal! Block the parliament, append 500 amendments to every law that's supposed to be passed. That didn't work? Hire terrorists, cause mass riots. If all fails, buy a general or two...
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Posted 07 January 2009 - 04:35

View PostZ_mann, on 4 Jan 2009, 21:38, said:

There exists no real democracy in the world today. A state is run by and through manipulation. Example: you didn't win the elections? Big deal! Block the parliament, append 500 amendments to every law that's supposed to be passed. That didn't work? Hire terrorists, cause mass riots. If all fails, buy a general or two...


Part of me wishes that were true.
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Posted 07 January 2009 - 08:33

Dauth has already warned you about politics. Discussing democracy is politics. Ergo :P



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