<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:08 PM, erik ernst <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erikernstm@gmail.com">erikernstm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
F?lix Robles<div class="im"><br>>Do you know a better system than a democracy (whatever type of)?<br><br></div>I prefer <span><span> rule by <i>consent</i> of the governed, in other words a republic with a fairly simple set of laws, that guarantees our civil rights, no matter who is at the tiller, instead of a book writting by laywers nobody understands. <br>
<br>How can a law you dont understand ever benefit you?<br><br></span></span> Andrew Norton<div class="im"><br>>It's just a shame it's hardly ever followed now.<br><br></div>Indeed, some folk in the US seem to belive, that the USA is a democracy, like Senator Al Franken in his letter: <a href="http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/09/10/06/internet-its-not-truck-its-town-square" target="_blank">The Internet: Itīs Not a truck, Itīs a Town Square"</a><br>
<i><br>Senator Al Franken: "As noisy and messy as it may be, the Internet is a democracy. And because of that, it is a critical part of our democracy. But without strong legislation prohibiting ISPs from regulating content, that may not always be the case."<br>
</i><br></blockquote></div><br>I've heard many americans say that they are not a democracy but a republic. Actually, they are a representative democracy without a monarch as head of the state.<br><br>And yes, I agree that we should have a fairly simple set of laws. At least the most important ones should be as simple as possible.<br>