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"What is the difference between a realist and a dreamer? The realist thinks that someday a UFO will come down and hover over the UN building, and that the aliens will come out of the UFO and offer to share their technology and solve all our world's problems.

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17 May 2005

Democracy Doesn't Work

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posted by quixote at 5/17/2005 05:06:00 PM

1 Comments:

Blogger quixote said...

I agree that a self-regulating system is always preferable to external enforcement. I think if we were allowed to self-regulate, the spam problem could disappear in a month.

For instance, I'm currently in a struggle with my post office about refusing mail addressed to "Resident". It's my right to do so, by US Postal Service regulations, but they refuse to abide by them, because the PO makes so much money off junk.

And email spam would stop if we could spam the spammers. Lycos tried to give people the tools to do that. They had to stop because the spam-originating servers drowned under the flood, so it was considered similar to a denial-of-service attack. You want to take these people and shake them. At least, I do. How can they deny me the precious time I have to waste on them, but if I try to return the favor, suddenly it's unacceptable? Ratbags.

Anyway, to get back to your point, yes, I think system design could take care of the problem, but it would have to give everyone the tools to enforce a level playing field.

10/27/2005 11:40 AM  

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