Does power corrupt absolutely?
Message boards :
Politics :
Does power corrupt absolutely?
Message board moderation
| Author | Message |
|---|---|
Sirius B   Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 
|
In plain language: Dictatorship. ID: 1925589 ·  |
|
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7
|
Changes nothing - still a dictatorship :-) ID: 1925595 · |
|
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 
 |
What is the opposite of centralised power? Freedom, or anarchy? Or both? ID: 1925677 · |
|
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874
|
OK, a practical question for you. Who's going to fix the NY City subway? Individual freedom? Anarchy? A centralised ...? Fill in the dots. I'll accept 'organisation', if you don't like 'power'. ID: 1925683 · |
|
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874
|
Can the MTA compulsorily purchase land, property, stop up streets? If so, under what authority? Who gave them that authority? If not, how would they obtain a wayleave for a new line, against the wishes of the current freedom-loving occupier? (Our opponents of HS2 might like to know the American answer to that one - I'm using terminology from British law) ID: 1925690 · |
|
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874
|
OK, so you'll be walking to work, then? Or taking a bucket and shovel to build your own road to drive your home-built car along, using home-distilled fuel? Too late in the evening here - I'm off to bed. No hurry to reply. ID: 1925698 · |
|
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874
|
BTW I forgot: Welcome to the Politics Forum. Or is it welcome back?I dip in occasionally, when somebody in power winds me up by calling me a liar. But once I've let off steam, and found that nobody is listening, or, worse, they're not thinking through the ramifications of what they're saying, I dip out again. ID: 1925745 · |
 Wiggo  Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 
|
Oh. ID: 1925761 · |
|
bluestar Send message Joined: 5 Sep 12 Posts: 7015 Credit: 2,084,789 RAC: 3 |
Absolutely. ID: 1925763 · |
|
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874
|
If somebody, in "power" or not, winds me up badly enough I don't let off steam, I put them on my to deal with list. I'll get them back even if it takes 2 or 3 years...In this particular case, I have earned some power too. I've already issued the written instruction that the work has to be redone, correctly this time: I will be speaking directly with the individual concerned in the next week or two to explain just how his words were 'fake news'. That's all that's needed, and it won't take more than a couple of weeks at max. Like Clyde, I view these boards as a diversion, and teasing him gently for an hour or so before bedtime relaxed me enough to get a good night's sleep. ... same single lonely 60 years olds spamming.I'm 65 now Chris, you'll have to update your records ;) ID: 1925774 · |
|
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7
|
Some people's idea of teasing is actually provocation. That itself is not intellectually smart. ID: 1925838 · |
j mercer  Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 
|
Similar to "make one's bed and lie in it". ... 
ID: 1926512 · |
©2024 University of California
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.