Couldn't resist another 2c worth. Our democratic system certainly doesn't work by us voting on every regulation/policy that concerns us - we elect politicians who we hope have the best vision to govern our society and set appropriate policies, etc (shame about the choice we have to vote for sometimes!)
Consider what might happen if we had a referendum on any important issue (apart from the whole system grinding to a halt!) - We would almost certainly have capital punishment - We would probably give much less aid to the Worlds worst off - We wouldn't have followed Dubya into Iraq - Politicians would get paid a lot less! I could go on but you get the picture and of course, depending on your point of view, you may well wish that some of those decisions WERE decided by referendum!. What I find really interesting is the actual issues that politicians select for referendum and wonder on the criteria that says we need a referendum to move the clocks by one hour but are expected to rely on the politicians judgement to decide to go to war. Anyway, I guess I'm getting even further OT here - unless anyone is considering an OSX program to select issues to put to referendum ;o) Sorry about that! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 30/11/06 9:56 AM, J Philippe Chaperon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Well, we live in a democracy and we are free to like it or not. What some > have been questioning though is the fact that the WA parliament voted to > introduce daylight savings although the majority voted against it. Maybe > next they'll vote to introduce a 3-year trial of no alcohol in the state! > And why not? That would be great for our health, yes? > > Besides, I seem to remember that daylight savings was introduced in the > countries that have long winters and short summers. Here in good old Oz land > we are asked to 'Slip, slap & slop' even in winter time. Begs the question > .... > > Personally, I do not care which way it goes but I do care about politicians > deciding on their own volition what is to affect the whole state. That is > not democracy in action, but dictatorship by stealth! Those politicians are > so sure of themselves that they should read Bertrand Russell. > > Phew! I've said it and now I can go back to my G5 and working out why Excel > sometimes just does not want to close down. > > > Regards, > > Philippe Chaperon >
