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From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Milo's (and others) Mis-aligned Logic
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Date: Tue, 1-Jan-85 18:17:47 EST
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>> = me
In article <251@enmasse.UUCP> mroddy@enmasse.UUCP (Mark Roddy) writes:
>> 
>> The opposition in Nicaragua didn't have
>> the same media coverage as the government did. All the media is government
>> owned except for one newspaper - "La Prensa".
>Hmmm, let me get this straight, if there is systematic denial of access to the
>media for opposition viewpoints and candidates then we don't have a denocratically elected government?
>
>I think our institutionalised two party system fails this test.

The point is that democratic elections mean more than just being able to vote
for whoever you want. In addition, your vote has to be secret (nobody should
know whom did you vote for) AND well informed (you should be aware of all
choices and every candidate should have the right to express his ideas
equally).
-- 
    Eduardo Krell               UCLA Computer Science Department
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