For instance, even if I have no confidence in the competence of aircraft engineers and technicians (thus I get scared to death when I fly), I always arrive safely and quickly.
And if the entire electorate decides the system is so flawed that they don't vote, then no decision is made, which I would classify as a failure of the process. This would be roughly equivalent to everyone being so scared of flying that they all stay home and hide under the bed.
I'm skeptical of your analogy here, by the way. You're assuming people to be far more rational than I think they are.
(Personally, I'd rather take the train if I could, but I rarely have enough time to do so. My wife detests flying so much that she'll only do it unless there is no other practical possibility. She even researched taking a ship to this year's Worldcon in Japan, but gave it up as too expensive. But I digress.)
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Re: Supermajority vote?
Date: 2007-01-24 07:00 am (UTC)I'm skeptical of your analogy here, by the way. You're assuming people to be far more rational than I think they are.
(Personally, I'd rather take the train if I could, but I rarely have enough time to do so. My wife detests flying so much that she'll only do it unless there is no other practical possibility. She even researched taking a ship to this year's Worldcon in Japan, but gave it up as too expensive. But I digress.)