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I love George Bush...
- Thread starter allanh
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LOL, Jan, good point!
I have only lived in China for 2 years to be "brainwashed" by the government, as you call it GC.
I have only lived in China for 2 years to be "brainwashed" by the government, as you call it GC.
Hey, if democracy was so good, why do all forums follow the idea of Communism?
Do the users actually vote for the moderators and administrators?
So explain what they do that makes them a "democracy"? Democracy is technically "government by the people". If people can't even vote for their leaders, how can they make sure they are represented. Do they "hope" that these appointed officials will make the decisions they want?
What the heck are you talking about GC? I know that the US is a democracy. I was inquiring about the forum.
No, I was talking about that "newsmax" forum you gave me. Is it run by democratic principles?
It would be interesting to try to make this forum democratic. :classic2:
It would be interesting to try to make this forum democratic. :classic2:
I'm not looking to start an anarchy on these boards. I was just wondering if we could have a system that:
- has representatives (representing each individual forum, probably also needs to depend on # of posts) to a "legislature" that makes laws. These people are elected by the users of that forum (who, let's say, must have at least 50 posts just to prevent double voting). And users, of course, must pick only a few (3-4) forums in which they would like to vote.
- Moderators are appointed by this legislature and Peo/Todd approves it (we still have to have some kind of "God" on these boards that run the whole show). Then the vote goes to the users to decide. A simple majority will make this person a moderator.
- Peo and Todd are the executives. They approve/reject any laws passed by the representatives.
- Length of terms vary, to prevent one person from getting too powerful. Moderators and Peo/Todd can choose to remove a member of the legislature (they vote amongst themselves first, of course). Vote goes to the users. A simple majority will automatically remove the person. For removing moderators, the legislature will vote and Peo/Todd make the final decision. IN EMERGENCY CASES, Peo and Todd can remove anyone, but hopefully, they will try to do that as sparingly as possible.
How does that sound?
- has representatives (representing each individual forum, probably also needs to depend on # of posts) to a "legislature" that makes laws. These people are elected by the users of that forum (who, let's say, must have at least 50 posts just to prevent double voting). And users, of course, must pick only a few (3-4) forums in which they would like to vote.
- Moderators are appointed by this legislature and Peo/Todd approves it (we still have to have some kind of "God" on these boards that run the whole show). Then the vote goes to the users to decide. A simple majority will make this person a moderator.
- Peo and Todd are the executives. They approve/reject any laws passed by the representatives.
- Length of terms vary, to prevent one person from getting too powerful. Moderators and Peo/Todd can choose to remove a member of the legislature (they vote amongst themselves first, of course). Vote goes to the users. A simple majority will automatically remove the person. For removing moderators, the legislature will vote and Peo/Todd make the final decision. IN EMERGENCY CASES, Peo and Todd can remove anyone, but hopefully, they will try to do that as sparingly as possible.
How does that sound?
Your kidding me, right? Democracy is governmental, not business. A business can choose to operate how it sees fit. This forum is a business, others are hobbies. They pay for the software, the hosting, the bandwidth, etc. Forum, website's and businesses are not Governments to be controlled by Democracy. You need to learn the difference between Business and Government.
As for Bush...amazing how so many judge him yet dont know him. When you lived in the U.S., did you live in Texas? Then how would you or anyone outside of Texas know what he truly accomplished? Texas is now a self sufficient State with it's own internal economy. In the recent economic problems, Texas barely felt it. Yes some companies that operate "not only" in Texas have fallen, but they fell everywhere else too. I felt no crunch. I felt it under previous Governors, but it lightened considerably under Bush.
I dont know much about how China operates within it's borders, and I am sure that what I do know is mostly propaganda. I can come to some logical conclusion though such as I'm sure China is just as afraid of us as we are them. I am also sure that they dont know the whole truth about us, just like my knowledge of internal China affairs. We hear very little from the Chinese government here.....so I cant even say that they brag about military power...
As for Bush...amazing how so many judge him yet dont know him. When you lived in the U.S., did you live in Texas? Then how would you or anyone outside of Texas know what he truly accomplished? Texas is now a self sufficient State with it's own internal economy. In the recent economic problems, Texas barely felt it. Yes some companies that operate "not only" in Texas have fallen, but they fell everywhere else too. I felt no crunch. I felt it under previous Governors, but it lightened considerably under Bush.
I dont know much about how China operates within it's borders, and I am sure that what I do know is mostly propaganda. I can come to some logical conclusion though such as I'm sure China is just as afraid of us as we are them. I am also sure that they dont know the whole truth about us, just like my knowledge of internal China affairs. We hear very little from the Chinese government here.....so I cant even say that they brag about military power...
