Jayne said:
< Under the current system of regulatory negotiation, in which
regulated parties get to participate in the development of the
guidelines under which they will be governed, the regulations will be
fairly weak and enforcement will not be likely.>
That "system of negotiation" is called democracy. With all its
flaws, it still seems better than the alternative--governance by
fiat. Whenever a self-appointed elite, whether ecofem or
conservative Christian or any other group convinced of its own purity
and righteousness, attempts to impose its viewpoint on the rest of
the polis, the result is fascism. For that reason, I believe that
the questions regarding respect for diversity which Dorceta Taylor
raised in her post a couple of weeks ago are the most profound issues
which have been (inadequately) addressed on this list.
Happy Halloween,
Deborah
