Re: [OT] voting (was: Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications))
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 hendrik@pooq.com 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
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