Ah - LNO's Whipping Boy returns. Trolling again, Kurt?
Did you ever get to grips with the Theory of Special Relativity?

2 posts back to back in stead of them being in 1 post, u are war posting.

u also totally ignored what i said, if 51% voted to kill the other 49% they could not, because the other 49% are represented equally in government. democracy is where everyone gets their say

\De*moc"ra*cy\, n.; pl. {Democracies}. [F.
d['e]mocratie, fr. Gr. dhmokrati`a; dh^mos the people +
kratei^n to be strong, to rule, kra`tos strength.]
1. Government by the people; a form of government in which
the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by
the people.

2. Government by popular representation; a form of government
in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but
is indirectly exercised through a system of representation
and delegated authority periodically renewed; a
constitutional representative government; a republic.

3. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of
government. --Milton.

4. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so
called. [U.S.]

Apparently Kurt never looked up the definition of Democracy.

Funny ; Never heard that phrase (in this particular context) before.
On the other boards I frequent , this is more aptly called "Postwhoring"....

Quietguy ; Apparently Kurt never looked up ANY definition at all , instead making them up on the spot (and hence failing consistency..)

edit: damn typos....

ever heard of War Dialling? made it up from that...

Kurt, you've got a POV and you have made it clear. By constantly attempting to reprove arguments only offering terse statements like "it's wrong(-headed)" and people have "every right to non-violently express beliefs as they wish without being arrested", you take away any chance for other people to play a part in this "discussion". That behaviour degrades this "discussion" to a set of monologues. From that I could conclude the only purpose your initial question serves is to establish grounds for you to incessantly repeat your POV on.

Any qualitatively good discussion is a "game" of give and take, being able to argue and (more important) listen, comprehend. It involves exchanging and challenging arguments and idea's, and should be based on interest in other people's POV, a willingness to learn and understand. Since you are not willing to genuinly discuss things, and have only shown interest in getting your point across in the most perfunctory way, you've already "lost" your part of the "discussion" before it started.

As a fellow LQ member, and with all due respect, I ask you to put an end to this thread.

Exactly--so therefore, they are represented by 49% of the people in government, and the rest are represented by 51% of the people.

Essentially, meaning that the people get to decide whether to kill all the other people.

I understand what other people are saying, and I'm explaining why they're wrong.
I'm willing to learn from people who have a valid point, yes, and if someone could prove me wrong I'd change my mind.

hey Mr. Weber first i thought you where in the wrong forum, then i thought you where a nazi as well , now i think you just want to have a reason to spam and rise your post count ...
have fun with it ...

Yes, heaven forbid someone might actually disagree with you and have a good reason to do so.

Yes have loads of fun trying to seem like you have really contributed to this website. All you have done is post ridiculous responses to questions. Good luck screwing with your reputation.

Except that all you do is repeat the same thing over and over, as if that alone constitutes an argument. Of course, since you also give yourself the ability to redefine words at will, perhaps that's how you chose to define "reason".

I'm reminded of the Monty Python sketch where John Cleese "argues" with someone simply by repsonding "No, I didn't" or "No, it's not" to everything.

Steve

That's exactly your problem though, you can't just tell people they are wrong, challenge their thoughts, opinions and objectives.

You can't claim you are right on every topic or debate. You've stated and repeated yourself close to 180 times; its getting very old now as you have proven yourself only to be a nuissance to every member who even attempts to post a thought on the subject here by repeating what you think is right and everyone else is wrong.

As moderator I ask you to stop this now or we will have to take actions to resolve this in another fashion.

Cheers.

As a number of members have already commented, this thread is going nowhere, and hasn't been heading in any real direction for a long time. The original article this is based on was just intended to be an amusing throw-away story, forgotten within 5 minutes of reading it. Reading vast tomes of politics into everything in site isn't productive in any sense, and certainly irrelevant for a Linux site. Kurt you clearly have a good grounding in Linux and will remain to be a welcome member of the site, but I'd thank you to try to stay clear of posting just for a response.
Cheers