[mythtv-users] plugin idea: MythNielsen

[Ivan Kowalenko]

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On May 9, 2006, at 09.45, Steven Adeff wrote:

> On 5/9/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> On May 9, 2006, at 8:12 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>> On 5/9/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>>> And the voters let them, so don't go on some anti-corporate rant.  
>>> The
>>> government here fails only when its citizens let it. Sadly, for the
>>> last 100years the citizens of the u.S. have become complacent in  
>>> their
>>> control of the government, allowing the government to dictate the
>>> rights of the citizens instead of citizens dictating the rights  
>>> of the
>>> government. Those in power and wealth, being slightly more educated
>>> than 50% of the voters use this to their advantage.
>>
>> No time or space to answer all of your post, nor do I want to impose
>> such on this list. Suffice it to say that you have some good points,
>> but that I do not agree with all of them..
>>
>> "Majority Rule" is not always the best way. Hitler was popularly
>> elected, and what happens when the majority votes to kill the  
>> minority ?
>
> I completely agree, majority rule is why I hate the fact that I live
> in a what has become a Democracy. I disagree with >50% of the voting
> public on many issues, but I've got to live with the laws they allow
> to pass and the politicians they elect.

Well, while you're right, you're kind of missing the point. The  
majority of people seem to think that fast food is OK to eat for  
lunch often. There's a large amount of people out there who think Lo- 
Carb energy drinks are a good idea (and make sense). The majority of  
people thing Windows is good enough, and don't know what Linux is. As  
a governing platform, majority rule is a good thing, assuming the  
majority is well informed. That's the difference between a political  
race in a democracy (where you learn more than you ever wanted to  
know about the candidates' evil global domination plans, and their  
radical left/right wing agendas), and letting the majority decide  
what I'm going to watch on television, especially when my voice isn't  
being heard because I like to watch TV on my terms (time shifted).

Then again, that's why there are something like 200+ cable/satellite  
channels.

>> Complacency is a major problem, and voters often get what they
>> deserve. The real problem is that elections are not free, or
>> universal, or even honest in most cases.
>
> Thats why the constitution as originally drafted made no allowence for
> government officials to get paid, they knew what would happen if those
> in office were paid for their work. They were right. If those in
> office truely believed that they do it out of love of country they
> would do it without getting paid.

Politically speaking, you've kind of pointed out one of the problems  
with our government as it is. We have senators out there who have sat  
in their chairs for tens of terms, and are making plenty of good  
money off of it. They are complacent with their position. True, we  
are asking these civil servants to give up a portion of their life to  
try and manage things for the whole, but somewhere in there, things  
have backfired. Life is not like "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

But, back to complacency. Complacency is why we have

>
>> To paraphrase Heinlein:
>>
>> "In the old days kings ruled by Divine Right, and it was the job of
>> those truly in power to be sure that the Diety annointed the
>> "correct" individual.
>>
>> These days the system is "The Will of the People", but the problem
>> changes only superficially."
>
> The problem is people think they need to be Will'ed over, the concept
> that they can live life without governance escapes them in much the
> same way the concept that they can live life without religion does.
>
>>>
>>>> Such is life in the "Land of the Fee".
>>>
>>> hehe, did you mean to write it this way? =D
>>
>> Of Course, inserting an "r" in the last word would render the
>> statement false :-)
>
> Except that it's in quotes, for which inserting the 'r' would only
> mean your quoting a saying, the humor would still be there, albeit for
> a different reason. Either way, I agree =D
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