[MD] [MD} The relativity of the MoQ

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 28 Aug 2009 at 21:45, John Carl wrote:

> Platt,
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:28 AM, <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > If you think that's true, you are one step away from tyranny where the
> > tyrant or a tyranny of the majority decides what is "the good of the
> > many." I hope under those circumstances that the decision to sacrifice
> > someone for the "greater good" isn't you.
> >
> > Platt
> >
> 
> Perhaps you are right. Perhaps it is "one step away" as you claim.  But that
> is not an inevitable step and it's actually a big step that is easy to avoid
> if you are informed and have sound method for avoiding that step.  It's not
> rocket science.

What sound method would you suggest to avoid that step? Obviously 
such method wasn't in place in pre-Lenin Russia, pre-Hitler Germany,
pre-Castro Cuba and other dictatorships in recent history. 

Platt