Sheep and Security and Revolting Peasants

[Alastair]

According to Donald Ramsbottom:
> 
> I can't argue with that, but that then begs the question, do we do as the
> "people" (Gettysburg address etc) or do we do as the Intelligensia say?
> Tricky. Also You may blame the question, but as Richelieu once said
> (allegedly, [insert disclaimer re libel], oh he's dead, that's ok then):
> 

I think this is why we tend to have a 'representative' democracy and
not a 'true' democracy. The point is that the rights and freedoms of
any minority need to be safeguarded and accounted for. If politicians
were truly accountable to the people however, we would probably have
hanging. In many cases, the US is actually a more accountable
democracy.

> And as Ambrose Pierce said:  

If that's from the "Devil's Dictionar2" then I think you mean Ambrose
Bierce.

Best Wishes,

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