Re: Honolulu or HOMOlulu?

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From: klaatu
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00

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Kyler Laird wrote:
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> "Robert J. Stock" <rjstock@dawg.delcoelect.com> writes:
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> >Dan Duncan wrote:
> >> I've seen it written that the best example of a TRUE democracy is
> >> two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
> =

> >Then a constitutional republic must be a few wolves deciding which
> >of the many sheep to have for dinner.
> =

> This assumes that the constitution grants the wolves
> sheep-eating (and dinner sheep-selection) powers (or,
> in the case of USA wolves, that the electorate has
> just let them take the powers).

This assumes that the sheep have any means of defending themselves from
the wolves. Or can tell the difference between the wolves and
themselves. Between progressive disarmament and the stupefaction of
commercial television, the metaphor may be more apt than most realize.

Meow.

> =

> --kyler

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From: klaatu <klaatu@clark.net>
Subject: Re: Honolulu or HOMOlulu?
Date: 1997/03/21
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