From: | Lata Gouveia <latalondon(at)yahoo.co.uk> |
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Date: | Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:34:41 +0000 (GMT) |
Subject: | RE: [WDDM] Why I support World Government? |
Mr Parker, I have to say these were by far the two most interesting messages I ever read on WDDM. I just wrote an extensive 6 paragraph message but I chose to delete it. I agree with much of what you say, I am happy that someone else is seing the benefits of a weighted voting mechanism and surprised that you came up with the same terminology I have used in my personal ramblings. I would also add that anonimity (real anonimity, no parties, no celebrities in the electoral campaign process) would become (alongside with weighted voting) a necessary condition for a practical application of these ideas. The reason why I deleted my previous response is that, quite simply, times have changed. I am a big Bill Hicks fan and... in little less than 20 years we find ourselves in a world where his opinions would no longer be broadcasteable, not only would today's middle classes despise his delivery... he simply would not be allowed to perform nowadays. We have been losing our personal rights and freedomes at a staggering rate, over the last 8 years. We also have this internet thing... a great tool no doubt, but we're supposed to use this tool to post pictures of our latest drunken exploits, not to call for political reform. They will see to that. Quite simply, I think you are a brave man for putting yourself out there in this way. Sounds like science fiction, doesn't it? I wish it was so. We will soon fit the official definition of a word I won't spell here. Call me paranoid... Either way, I think you're on the right track... I think your discourse could benefit from focusing on the practical aspects slightly more (which might give you more freedom/time to achieve something) but I understand that passion gets the best of us all at times. I enjoyed the website too... Regards Lata --- On Mon, 27/7/09, Hamid Mohseni <esi1mohseni2(at)hotmail.com> wrote:
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