On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Friends of mine postulated the idea of having "politician duty" in much > > the same was as we have jury duty ... you get a letter one day telling > > you it's your turn to serve. Pretty sure this was done in at least one > > ancient govt ... think it was Athens. > > > > "Random people" have a much better chance of aligning with my interests > > than politicians. The fact is, anyone who's willing to put themselves > > and their family through the torture that is a politician's life by > > definition does not share my values. > > I hear that British COlumbia is planning to use a random scheme to select > members of the commission that is going to propose a mechanism for > proportional representation or other more equitable election > system. The result to be ratified in a referendum.
As usual, science fiction was here before. C.F., _The Songs of Distant Earth_ by Arthur C. Clarke. Jason Newquist San Francisco Bay Area -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
