You and Pollyanna? I refer you to Gavin, Charles, Brennan et al. As for your notions of democracy; your hierarchies are too simplistic. I wouldn't want you covering my back in a scrap. CP En Lin Wei wrote: > > Carlo wrote: > > >My post was 'perhaps', Wei, more geared to prompt some recognition on > >your part of your Pollyannish views on democracy--Athenian and American. > > What were Pollyanna's views on democracy? I could possibly determine the > precise meaning of your statement if you could specify which aspect of my > view clashes with yours. > > Of course the main issue might be why Pound rejected democracy? Inevitably > our personal views of such issues become enmeshed in the analysis. But am I > to infer from your remarks that you despair of any possibility of democracy > working; that you do not believe that the Athenian contribution to the > development of representative government was consequential, and that America > has nothing to learn from studying it? > > I gather you are highly critical of American democracy in its current form > (I certainly am, and we may share certain convictions on this point). > Pound's solution was to reject the US system in favor of a LESS, rather than > a MORE, democratic form? In what senses might you agree with Pound, and in > what ways might you suggest that the problems facing the US system are > remediable? > > Regards, > > Wei > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- ÐÏ à¡± á