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Re: Veto is a moral human right
Doug EVERINGHAM
Wednesday, 28 May 2003 02:31:33 +0200
Friedrich G. HALLER haller@quadem.org wrote : Abstract: Even a minority of only one person should be respected. Voices >should be weighted and not counted.
Reply by Doug N Everingham : To weigh and not count votes would produce majority rule. But to use reasoning and discussion for moving towards consensus (or at least consent, so that no-one has a persisting objection) is an alternative. Citizen rights go beyond voting, to include joining a petition for referendum, indication of one's alternative preferences if one's first choice in an election is voted out etc.). But along with such rights we should develop citizen obligations, including a duty to vote; and to try to understand what one votes for --along with other needs mentioned in my e-mailable 20-pages * World Democracy * .
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