Re: wishful thinking

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From: Chris Currie
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 00:00

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G. Green wrote:
> 
> Derek Brown (cq884@torfree.net) wrote:
> :       HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO VOTE?  MAJORITY RULES!
> 
> :       ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY
> 
> :
> Many moons ago, Erich Fromm described just such a vision of democracy in
> one of his many tomes.
> --
> G.Green > ce000@torfree.net, looking for the ghost in the machine

I think Derek is also forgetting the $50,000 deposit now required to
register a federal party (among other things). The election laws have
been changed to remove any "competition" from any but the big parties,
blowing out (among others) perrenial favs like the Rhinoceros Party...

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From: Chris Currie <xtopher@passport.ca>
Subject: Re: wishful thinking
Date: 1997/04/30
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