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» Quad Erat Demonstrandum   2004-06-18 19:42 Strawman

>>Strawman I can prove my assertion

Fine. If your assertion can be proven, then it can't be disproven, and therefore the statement that no-one can disprove it adds nothing to the strength of the argument. I don't recall Einstien going around saying 'no-one can disprove E=mc**2' - he just proved it (based of course on the assumption of a Lorenz Transform, but let's not get distracted).

That just leaves the little matter of whether you have proven your assertion in your following paragraphs.

I will leave it to the other readers of the forum to decide whether you have done so.

>> The above post agreed with TN that
>> representative democracy, especially here, well, stinks.

Huh? And where does it work better than here? Tell me - I'll emmigrate!

I have to agree that democracy is a dreadful way to run society, but (as Churchill said) it is the best way which has been tried so far.

Do you have a better suggestion?

  • A Better Suggestion -- Peter Carswell 2004-06-19