We're talking about policies for an upcoming election, so there's no question of any sort of betrayal at this point.
> I honestly cannot see what it is you think is [...] undemocratic here.
I said that it was "kinda against the point of democracy" for a politicians to say "screw you guys, I'm doing what I wanna do, and if you don't like it then too bad, 'cause who else are you going to vote for?"
Just for clarification: my argument was never "OMG it should be outlawed!!!1!". My argument is rather that the Lib Dems are alienating the people that they are supposed to be representing, and are going to lose a fair chunk of voters because of it.
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Date: 2007-02-19 06:57 pm (UTC)> I honestly cannot see what it is you think is [...] undemocratic here.
I said that it was "kinda against the point of democracy" for a politicians to say "screw you guys, I'm doing what I wanna do, and if you don't like it then too bad, 'cause who else are you going to vote for?"
Just for clarification: my argument was never "OMG it should be outlawed!!!1!". My argument is rather that the Lib Dems are alienating the people that they are supposed to be representing, and are going to lose a fair chunk of voters because of it.