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From: jad@harpo.UUCP (jad)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: participative democracy
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Date: Mon, 7-May-84 15:26:21 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  7 15:26:21 1984
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        All those who have access to The Net comprise a community of    

     citizens. The Net constitutes a meeting place where ideas can inter-

     mingle and react with one another. It provides a forum for an experi-

     mental participative democracy --- a forum far better than any Town Hall.

     It can accomodate many citizens and serves widely separate locations for

     issues of national and international concern, while still serving various

     localities and their community-related issues.

        I believe a society that is self-governed, self-directed can cultivate

     a noble life-situation for its people. The Net can be a testing ground 

     on which to model a direct democracy.


                                             John DiNardo