Comments on: Postcards from the birthplace of democracy http://guyberes.com/2008/03/02/postcards-from-the-birthplace-of-democracy/ On Sunday ring road supermarket. No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:10:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Guy http://guyberes.com/2008/03/02/postcards-from-the-birthplace-of-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Guy Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:59:32 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/03/02/postcards-from-the-birthplace-of-democracy/#comment-173 Well, that's probably true, although the 2020 summit provide an interesting parallel. One wonders. If the nation decided to take a day of work and fill the nation's football and cricket stadiums with decision-makers to direct the nation's policy for the next year, I think you'd probably find that quite a lot of people would turn up at the turnstiles to have their voice counted. Of course, there would be a significant amount of people who couldn't be arsed, but that's the modern perception of politics for you in Australia. Well, that’s probably true, although the 2020 summit provide an interesting parallel. One wonders. If the nation decided to take a day of work and fill the nation’s football and cricket stadiums with decision-makers to direct the nation’s policy for the next year, I think you’d probably find that quite a lot of people would turn up at the turnstiles to have their voice counted.

Of course, there would be a significant amount of people who couldn’t be arsed, but that’s the modern perception of politics for you in Australia.

]]> By: Matthew Gee Kwun Chan http://guyberes.com/2008/03/02/postcards-from-the-birthplace-of-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Matthew Gee Kwun Chan Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:51:03 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/03/02/postcards-from-the-birthplace-of-democracy/#comment-172 I think you should have said "birthplace of participatory democracy", as I doubt you can get everyone in Australia to get to one spot to talk and vote on matters. I think you should have said “birthplace of participatory democracy”, as I doubt you can get everyone in Australia to get to one spot to talk and vote on matters.

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