Friday, October 05, 2007

When will people learn

Democracy doesn't work.

Imagine a courtroom. You have lawyers for two sides, who (presumably) has gone through several years of cheating and ly^h^h^h^schooling to obtain their positions. You have a judge, who has gone through schooling and (presumably) even more experience to obtain his/her position. Now, let take 12 members of the general public drawn by general ballot to decide the verdict. Also known as:

"Why are the smart people outnumbered?"

Medical marijuana reform, and this comment:

Why

by SimonGhent (57578) on Thursday October 04, @11:25PM

Why is this put to a public vote?

If the medical establishment say that something has a clinical benefit, what business is it of the public?

Should we have a referendum for every new drug?

No comments: