On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 07:35:02PM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote: > I can't believe that a libertarian or at least a neo-libertarian is > writing that.
Does it make you feel more secure in your self-righteous understanding of someone once you assign them a label, John? If so, you'll have to try again. > What is a democracy where the majority helps itself to the property of > the minority? A democracy without an equivalent of the Bill of Rights. Since you apparently need everything spelled out for you, John, I do not suggest a PURE democracy. That would be foolish. > Let's say that the US proposes a "League of Democracies", with > membership invitations extended to all members of NATO, all members > of the EU (including newly invited members), most of Latin America > (except Cuba, Venezuela, and a few others), Japan, Republic of Korea, > Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, India, and maybe a handfull of > other countries. Let's say that this League of Democracies then > elects a "Democratic Security Council", where the US is the only > permanent member, and has a veto power. > > Would anyone else really show up? I would not be so arrogant about it as that, and as I said in a previous post, I think Bush has been far too arrogant. If if were done in the right way, yes, a lot of countries would "show up". -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
