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____/ Homer on Sunday 17 Jan 2010 20:17 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/actas-shameful-secret.ars
>
> [quote]
> Keeping negotiations secret is how "you get big fees to be a lobbyist,"
> since only the "insiders" have access to the process [said Jamie Love of
> Knowledge Ecology International].
> [/quote]
>
> KeithCU recently postulated that lobbying would never be outlawed, since
> it's a constitutional issue of Free Speech, but how "Free" should speech
> be, in a democratic society, that denies those whom it affects access to
> this "speech"? Unelected lobbyists have the "Freedom" to decide our fate
> in private, without recourse or debate?
>
> That's not Freedom, it's an abuse of power, and perversion of democracy.
But there are no democratic countries out there. The Democratic Model is utopian (and a euphemism). In fact,
the United States was never established as a democratic state; this was explicit.
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