Comments on: Flip a coin, don’t recount, revote, and litigate http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/12/30/sortition-recount-revote/ My opinions only. I do not represent any organization in this publication. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:18:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anton Sherwood http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/12/30/sortition-recount-revote/#comment-2963 Anton Sherwood Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:01:25 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/12/30/flip-a-coin-dont-recount-revote-and-litigate/#comment-2963 It occurs to me that sortition should weaken the cult of the state (or at least slow its growth) by emphasizing that state action is necessarily arbitrary. It occurs to me that sortition should weaken the cult of the state (or at least slow its growth) by emphasizing that state action is necessarily arbitrary.

]]> By: Anton Sherwood http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/12/30/sortition-recount-revote/#comment-2962 Anton Sherwood Thu, 14 Apr 2005 04:57:16 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/12/30/flip-a-coin-dont-recount-revote-and-litigate/#comment-2962 Perhaps I'll rewrite it sometime. Perhaps I’ll rewrite it sometime.

]]> By: Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/12/30/sortition-recount-revote/#comment-905 Mike Linksvayer Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:48:53 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/12/30/flip-a-coin-dont-recount-revote-and-litigate/#comment-905 Love the MacLeod rant, have to ding Gold's for lack of seriousness -- the subject should be taken seriously. Love the MacLeod rant, have to ding Gold’s for lack of seriousness — the subject should be taken seriously.

]]> By: Anton Sherwood http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/12/30/sortition-recount-revote/#comment-884 Anton Sherwood Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:52:34 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/12/30/flip-a-coin-dont-recount-revote-and-litigate/#comment-884 <a href="http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/">Ken MacLeod</a> gave a delicious rant to a character in <i>Dark Light</i>: <blockquote> "Drawing lots is <em>fair</em>, even if it sometimes throws up a freak result. With elections you're actually building the minority problem right in at every level, and lots more with it - parties, money, fame, graft, just for starters. What chance would that leave ordinary people, what chance would we have of being heard or of making a difference? Elections are completely undemocratic, they're downright <i>anti</i>democratic. Everybody knows <em>that</em>!" </blockquote> See also <a href="http://www.ogre.nu/text/presdice.txt">Barry Gold's suggestion</a>. Ken MacLeod gave a delicious rant to a character in Dark Light:

“Drawing lots is fair, even if it sometimes
throws up a freak result. With elections you’re actually building the
minority problem right in at every level, and lots more with it -
parties, money, fame, graft, just for starters. What chance would that leave ordinary people, what chance would we have of being heard or of making a difference? Elections are completely undemocratic, they’re downright antidemocratic. Everybody knows that!”

See also Barry Gold’s suggestion.

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