tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post7950577697969061256..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: MPs bemoan possible damage to democracy - really?WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-69321897105060934022011-11-05T03:53:20.260-07:002011-11-05T03:53:20.260-07:00WfW
Indeed. Logic and the force of reason, if it ...WfW<br /><br />Indeed. Logic and the force of reason, if it is to succeed, must be backed up with with more then just the above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-64982537607904143532011-11-04T14:39:28.387-07:002011-11-04T14:39:28.387-07:00DP111: Legally, you talk to others, explain what i...DP111: Legally, you talk to others, explain what is involved and the benefits - ie, you spread the word. Illegally, we shoot the bastards and then set it up!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-65529189224901866162011-11-04T14:37:10.782-07:002011-11-04T14:37:10.782-07:00WfW: You all make the case for my belief in a part...WfW: You all make the case for my belief in a participtory democracy...... thank you!<br /><br />The question is how to get there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-11376889600579218742011-11-04T12:56:52.788-07:002011-11-04T12:56:52.788-07:00TA, DP111 & c: You all make the case for my be...TA, DP111 & c: You all make the case for my belief in a participtory democracy...... thank you!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-12974594225678494492011-11-04T11:06:24.125-07:002011-11-04T11:06:24.125-07:00How about the Stuart Wheeler case where it was con...How about the Stuart Wheeler case where it was confirmed by the courts that manifesto pledges are absolutely worthless - just words?<br /><br />Given that ruling, they may as well not issue manifestos and you really have no idea what exactly you are voting for.cosmicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-21263008307836133702011-11-04T08:44:40.360-07:002011-11-04T08:44:40.360-07:00One person one vote does not make a democracy. All...One person one vote does not make a democracy. All it does is to give a facade of democracy, provide opportunity for the elite to tell lies with a straight face (practice makes perfect), allows pressure groups, and organised minorities, such as those around the mosque, to extract promises which are a detriment to society as a whole.<br /><br />It need not be this way, but that is how it is.<br /><br />Nothing will change. As I posted months before, power is never given but has to be taken, with force if necessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-52500289350876363832011-11-04T07:30:32.507-07:002011-11-04T07:30:32.507-07:00One thing you left out of our list which perhaps s...One thing you left out of our list which perhaps should have been included; the extension of the postal vote which has led to industrial-scale fraud. This has cut off any idea of "one man, one vote" at the knees.The Apiaristnoreply@blogger.com