Lord Camden on NSA Surveillance

Re:Lord Camden on NSA Surveillance by cantrevealname on Thursday September 06, 2012 @02:17AM (#4483044)

> require 80% support to make a new law and 20% support to remove any law currently on the books

That's simply brilliant. Did you come up with that yourself, by the way?

I think that people could be persuaded that this should be a fundamental principle like democracy or free speech. It sufficiently meta that it wouldn't carry a lot of political baggage. For example, a person who ardently supports a particular law might accept this 80/20 principle even knowing that his favorite law could get stuck down.

This idea should be given a catchy name so it can spread as a meme.

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Re:Lord Camden on NSA Surveillance by MikeCodeAwesome on Thursday September 06, 2012 @02:58AM (#4483150)

I'm unaware of a specific name, but it's not a new idea. See The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein. (link to Google Books reference http://goo.gl/IdBoU)

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Re:Lord Camden on NSA Surveillance by tomjen3 on Thursday September 06, 2012 @10:14AM (#4484192)

I stole it from a review of the moon is a hard mistress. Though the original only requires 2/3 to make a law and 1/3 to end it.

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