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| User: "The Trucker" |
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| Title: Re: Tragedy of the commons |
16 Feb 2006 08:51:14 AM |
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<donstockbauer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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That's why we need to "thin the herd", if you get my drift.
Oh, I'm sorry. Self-organization will do it for us.
"Never mind".
Actually this is why "governments are instituted among men".
And, more importantly, it is why majoritarian governments
exist and why they work best. Read the signature.
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"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers
of society but the people themselves; and
if we think them not enlightened enough to
exercise their control with a wholesome
discretion, the remedy is not to take it from
them, but to inform their discretion by
education." - Thomas Jefferson
http://GreaterVoice.org
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Tragedy of the commons |
16 Feb 2006 10:32:26 AM |
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:51:14 -0800, "The Trucker" <mikcob@verizon.net>
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Actually this is why "governments are instituted among men".
And, more importantly, it is why majoritarian governments
exist and why they work best.
With the proviso they take strong measures to protect minority rights.
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Just another albino black sheep
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| User: "The Trucker" |
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| Title: Re: Tragedy of the commons |
16 Feb 2006 10:53:59 PM |
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<retrogrouch@comcast.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:51:14 -0800, "The Trucker" <mikcob@verizon.net>
wrote:
Actually this is why "governments are instituted among men".
And, more importantly, it is why majoritarian governments
exist and why they work best.
With the proviso they take strong measures to protect minority rights.
Yup. A Constitution backed by the Supremes, and a Senate full of
rich folks.
The House is to be the voice of the real people.
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"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers
of society but the people themselves; and
if we think them not enlightened enough to
exercise their control with a wholesome
discretion, the remedy is not to take it from
them, but to inform their discretion by
education." - Thomas Jefferson
http://GreaterVoice.org
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