Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!ekrell From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Milo's (and others) Mis-aligned Logic Message-ID: <3027@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Tue, 1-Jan-85 18:17:47 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.3027 Posted: Tue Jan 1 18:17:47 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Jan-85 04:38:02 EST References: <2019@vax4.fluke.UUCP> <2968@ucla-cs.ARPA> <251@enmasse.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 19 >> = 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 ekrell@ucla-locus.arpa ..!{sdcrdcf,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!ekrell