[mythtv-users] plugin idea: MythNielsen

[Brian Wood]

On May 10, 2006, at 8:45 PM, Richard Bronosky wrote:

> On 5/9/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> "Majority Rule" is not always the best way. Hitler was popularly
>> elected, and what happens when the majority votes to kill the  
>> minority ?
>
> This thread has encountered Godwin's Law (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_Law )
>
> We should stop this now.
>
> The problem with democracy is that enforces mediocrity.  Anyone who
> understands statics knows that democracy must result in mediocrity.
>
> The framers of my country feared democracy, and for good reason.
>
> Democracy is your daughter and a group of boys deciding how to relieve
> their boredom.

Extremely well put (The entire post, not just the final paragraph,  
which is good too).