Al salaam a'alaykum CHARLES

17 Nov 03 15:11, CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to PASCAL SCHMIDT:

 PS>> Well, aiming for short term gains without looking at
 PS>> long-term effects seems quite common nowadays. Take the
 PS>> stock market - if a company makes an unpopular decision,
 PS>> its value drops, no matter how sensible the decision might
 PS>> be in the long run. Same for governments, do they make
 PS>> unpopular decisions when the next election draws close?
 PS>> Nope (and it might be said that the short-sightedness of
 PS>> the average voter is the one main drawback of democracy). 

 CA> I am told frequently by 'voters' that they had no idea who they
 CA> voted for they just didn't "like the other guy". 

 CA> A good pretest before being allowed to vote would be to ask
 CA> them to assign the names of the candidates to their pictures.
 CA> If you flunk that you can't vote in that election. ;-) 

I'm sure the blind would love that idea.....

When you no longer receive "free to air" tv broadcasts, how will
you identify the candidates?

Regards,
David

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