Thank you Filia for pointing that out.. You are
right, I apologise - this was my own frustration coming through and definitely
there was no offence intended. I wanted to try and pull the discussion towards
actions not discussion of actions. Apologies if I have offended
anyone.
Regards
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:15
AM
Subject: Re to Pras Anand: [WDDM] action
towards true democracy
Dear Mr/Ms
Anand,
Iām sorry to say, but I experience your messages as being
condescending toward many people here who do marvellous and tenacious work for
a cause which is of importance to all members of the WDDM forum.
Inability to act ā permanent or temporary ā can have many causes and can come
from many circumstances.
Kind regards, Filia den Hollander
op 01-11-2006 12:48
schreef Pras Anand op mrpras(at)googlemail.com:
>
Hi Daniel > > I like your approach as outlined on
http://vpsystems.net/Nevada/ > > Respect for having the guts to
give power to to the people :) If you are > able to manage that within
the existing system, my hat goes off to you. I am > not surprised in
the slightest that people want this - it's what they've > needed all
along ;) > > There are very obvious and very subtle ways that the
governing bodies have > forgotten whose money it is that they are
spending. They have forgotten what > the words they are using mean -
democracy - participation - involvement - > equality -
governance. > > Only those who give power to all are truly
powerful. > > My work is on restructuring society in a box and
creating spaces for people > to do it on a regular basis. This involves
technological infrastructures > such as e-Voting and so called
eDemocracy but also all manner of other > societal tweaks in a
box.. > > At the moment I go to events and create mini "Social
Computers" where we can > create a simulator of society and get people
to play it to explore ideas in > a more informed way. > >
http://e2000.org/pras/soco2005.pdf > My last released (internal)
document is from 2005, if you would like to talk > about more specific
or advanced projects, please let me know what you are > focussed
around. I have developed new democratic engines and new economic >
engines which I cannot release the info about. > > I thoroughly
appreciate your approach and believe that any political body > with the
strength of character to do this will win in the end. So if you >
decide I could help you, I'd be willing to put the best ideas I can behind > you as I believe in the people's ability to choose their own
life. > > The people know what they want. But with the level of
attention-marketing > around politics, it's necessary, perhaps, to
create a kind of mindwash where > people can really explore the ideas
they are voting on. > > Let me know if there's anything I can do
to help you, or perhaps in future I > can invite you to present your
work at a conference or participate in the > creation of social games
for large events.. > > I'm based in Brussels, Belgium but attend
events all over the world these > days. My career is still launching
and perhaps that's why I have more energy > for action than most of
these guys, or maybe it's just that they have no > ideas to change
anything. > > Thanks for contacting me, and have a nice
day > > Pras >
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