http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/21/still-a-long-way-to-go/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/21/still-a-long-way-to-go/#comment-128270 Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » Voting for Someone Different Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:44:21 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=121#comment-128270 [...] The political crisis in Kenya, and the US Presidential Primary season, remind me of some old thoughts on the nature of democracy.  First, is voting along ethnic lines really democratic?  Apparently the Kenyan crisis has an ethnic element, with supporters of Kibaki and Odinga dividing along tribal, rather than ideological lines.  As I said before, such voting seems to be nothing more than a count to see who has the bigger gang, and undermines the rationalism on which democracy is supposed to rest. [...] [...] The political crisis in Kenya, and the US Presidential Primary season, remind me of some old thoughts on the nature of democracy.  First, is voting along ethnic lines really democratic?  Apparently the Kenyan crisis has an ethnic element, with supporters of Kibaki and Odinga dividing along tribal, rather than ideological lines.  As I said before, such voting seems to be nothing more than a count to see who has the bigger gang, and undermines the rationalism on which democracy is supposed to rest. [...]

]]> http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/21/still-a-long-way-to-go/#comment-2344 Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » Whining on the left, whining on the right Fri, 05 May 2006 19:54:02 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=121#comment-2344 [...] And this is precisely the point. We have evolved to a stage where we do not need to behave like animals anymore. Tribalism is not politics. It is not about ideas, just random geography. We have evolved to the stage where we should be able to overcome these tribal differences. With the birth of every mixed-race child, with every child born to parents of different nationalities, the tribes mix. The fact is, we shall soon reach the point where there is only homo sapien, and nothing more. [...] [...] And this is precisely the point. We have evolved to a stage where we do not need to behave like animals anymore. Tribalism is not politics. It is not about ideas, just random geography. We have evolved to the stage where we should be able to overcome these tribal differences. With the birth of every mixed-race child, with every child born to parents of different nationalities, the tribes mix. The fact is, we shall soon reach the point where there is only homo sapien, and nothing more. [...]

]]> http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/21/still-a-long-way-to-go/#comment-199 doctorvee » Really a democracy? Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:27:54 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=121#comment-199 [...] Robert Sharp asks, is voting along ethnic lines really a democracy? [...] [...] Robert Sharp asks, is voting along ethnic lines really a democracy? [...]

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