**** Elections thread *****

[Poopadoop]

This is a fundamental difference between you and poop. You acknowledge my agreeable points and are willing to discuss them.

Yeah, great insight there Ong. Power corrupts people. Gee, never heard that one before.

Poop doesn't realise that by allowing "smarter" people to govern your affairs, you give them a very strong motivation to keep you stupid.

No, I do realise that. I just manage to live with it. If the boiler repair man prefers I don't learn how to fix my own boiler, I get it. But I still have other things to do with my life than become an expert plumber, so I'm willing to pay him £80 to do what he's good at, just like he's willling to pay me to teach his kids.

[OngBonga]

No, I do realise that. I just manage to live with it. If the boiler repair man prefers I don't learn how to fix my own boiler, I get it. But I still have other things to do with my life than become an expert plumber, so I'm willing to pay him £80 to do what he's good at, just like he's willling to pay me to teach his kids.

King of analogies.

We're talking about a nation of people being informed enough about economic and political matters in the context of whether or not we should have direct democracy, and you're talking about your fucking boiler.

[Poopadoop]

King of analogies.

We're talking about a nation of people being informed enough about economic and political matters in the context of whether or not we should have direct democracy, and you're talking about your fucking boiler.

Well if you respond to it that way, then it suggests to me you don't understand the argument I'm making. Sorry, not sure how to make it any clearer for you.