On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 02:29, Crispin Wellington wrote: > On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 13:50, John wrote: > > <rant on> > > > > I refer you to "Sex and Politics in Australia" by H.M. Revelman where it > > is explained in very simple terms how striving for gender equal > > representation in government is actually non-democratic > > Thats assuming Australia is a democracy. Which it isn't. It's not even a > representational democracy. It is a meritocracy. People are elected to > rule based on merit (or perceived merit). Once elected they mostly tow > the party line. They *don't* re-present the views of their electorate in > Parliament, thus this is not a re-present-ational democracy. So becoming > more non-democratic really doesn't do anything for a system that isn't > democratic to start with. > > </moreranting> > > Kind Regards > Crispin Wellington > <Cheekiness> That is a fallacious argument - it presumes that those standing as politicians are meritous ;) </Cheekiness> -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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