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# So you stand behind them and say 'You're doing it wrong', but won't help someone you think better suited to get into a position of being able to do something.
I see.
(, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 11:20, archived)
# If I have something useful to say,
it makes much more sense for me to do it by means of directly contacting the government, than by being just one small voice in a crowd.

In reality, the idea that one candidate is better suited than another is probably bunk. Most people are pretty much OK at most stuff, with a few flaws. It's a matter of indifference to me what their party is. What matters is their ability to seek, listen to, and respond appropriately to expert voices in a given field.

Like I said: I'm interested in good (or wise) government rather than popular government.
(, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 11:24, archived)
# This isn't a loaded question, btw...
Could you cite an example of where such 'wise' government exists?
(, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 11:28, archived)
# Possibly...
Libel reform, the Human Fertilisation and Ebryology Act (as ammended 2008), and a few other things strike me as being wise. Ditto environmental protection legislation (though we could do with more of it).

I'm careful to distinguish between wise government and wise governments, of course. And I can point to any number of examples of unwise-yet-popular government.

Right: I'm off!
:)
(, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 11:37, archived)