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"But to Mr. Rottweiler, those don't count! A strange and sad position." You are correct, my assertion is that those don't count. What is truly sad however is that you seem unable to view the big picture and instead focus...
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"You simply can't say ..." Yes I can. Nothing of consequence will change. The bankers and ruling class will continue their reign of theft. The steady erosion of our liberties will continue. Our education system will continue to fail. Etc.,...
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"You do? Really? I'm not sure I believe you. Elections are the best way of introducing accountability into government without descending into mob rule or openly privileging the wealthy." Yes, I do. I see little/no evidence that elections introduce accountability...
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"How about jury service as a selection mechanism for legislators?" Yes. Also, a simple volunteer system with a lottery could work. Statistically we'd be less likely to get the high concentration of sociopaths/psychopaths that dominate elections. After observing the results...
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I find it amazing, puzzling and frankly somewhat frightening how much, er, faith is placed in elections as a means of choosing rulers. (By seemingly all here, not just the Brits.) Based on the evidence, it seems an obvious truism...

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Charlie Stross commented on The season of snark
DOes anyone see why a CofE bushop should not be allowed to express the same sort of opinion of "yet another Royal wedding" as a fair few of us seem to have Yes: he's a CofE bishop. Note that's Church of England. If he was just J. Random Protestant Bishop there'd be no problem whatsoever with him being a flaming republican. But the CofE was established by one of Lizzie Windsor's ancestors for a very specific purpose and she is its head. So his stance is more or less equivalent to a Catholic bishop calling for the abolition of the...
bellinghman commented on The season of snark
Another argument for disestablishmentarianism - that it would free many of the officials of the Anglican Church to speak their mind. (Oh come on, spelling checker - you know antidisestablishmentarianism, but not disestablishmentarianism? Why the former, unless you're showing off that you know some really long ... oh, right.) Although Royal Weddings may have been the original raison d'etre, it wouldn't be the only organisation that has changed its focus over the centuries....
bellinghman commented on The season of snark
Oh come on, Mr Spammer @#223 - putting SEO in as part of your user name is a bit of a give-away as to quite why you want your site linked to from this blog. Or, in other words ... * SPAMMER ALERT *...
Charlie Stross commented on The season of snark
Spammer nuked. Thanks!...
Charlie Stross commented on The season of snark
Hannah: (a) welcome to my blog ... and (b) what nationality do you think I am? (Hint: you can find out a bit more about me via my wikipedia entry.)...

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Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
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