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There's not been as much rhyme or reason on my democracy poll, except the more cynical people seem to think it's a bad idea and vice versa. But it's not that tight a correlation. Perhaps I phrased it badly, but I think if you vote for people to run the government, they should just run it and not ask the people every time a new issue comes up. The only time direct democracy comes close to working, as Asa said, is in a really small group of people. In Parliament of Whores, PJ O'Rourke goes to a town meeting in his small New England base of operations, and it's utter chaos. Probably fewer people than Congress, too.
Last night we watched the first part of Guns, Germs, and Steel. It's pretty similar to the book so far, except that they have some new archaelogists showing the earliest granaries and villages around the Mesopotamia area. Has anyone read that anti-agriculture rant? It's kind of weird since in the book he postulates that agriculture led to free time which led to CIVILIZATION. Maybe he's lost his mind.
Hey, no-fault laws increased divorce. WHAT A SHOCKER!
Last night we watched the first part of Guns, Germs, and Steel. It's pretty similar to the book so far, except that they have some new archaelogists showing the earliest granaries and villages around the Mesopotamia area. Has anyone read that anti-agriculture rant? It's kind of weird since in the book he postulates that agriculture led to free time which led to CIVILIZATION. Maybe he's lost his mind.
Hey, no-fault laws increased divorce. WHAT A SHOCKER!