> You know just as well as I do that although this may look good and may
>appear right on paper. It would in no way be able to function on a real
>scale. The fact is that people in a democracy elect officials to represent
>them as a whole. The main reason for this representation is because the
>people know that they are unfit to hold that position themselves. In times
>of war the military is the most fit to handle the situation and should do so
>without having to ask the people for permission. On a lighter note, do you
>have any idea where I can get episodes 34 and on subtitled?
No, that is a *representative* democracy, or more accurately, a variant on
the republic. True democracy is based on universal referendum, and is
practiced on a large scale almost no-where. Pure democracy is a small-
town thing. It doesn't work in large systems, for the reasons of
complexity and distance.
Mitch Hagmaier
Quest Labs
Republicans for the Republic!