[geeks] Politics

[Scott Howard]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 11:57:24AM -0400, Anthony Guarnieri wrote:
> Want things to change? Get involved. Find someone you trust, someone with
> a reputation for honesty and straight dealing, someone who believes in the
> principles upon which this country was founded, someone who does NOT want
> to be elected, and get him elected. Make him serve. Start with your city
> council, and work your way up.

"The major problem - one of the major problems, for there are several -
one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whon you
get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to
them.
To summarize: it is a well known fact, that those people who most want to
rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the
summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should
on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the
summary: people are a problem."
  - Douglas Adams, "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

  Scott