Comments on: Fisking Jivha http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:01:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Niraj http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-974 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-974 I found Jivha's post on Gmail to be quite snobbish. I found Jivha’s post on Gmail to be quite snobbish.

]]> by: Nitin http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-975 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-975 Yazad, I do not think voting with one's feet is a useful response. It undermines democracy by allowing potential discards to come to power: the better response is to select the 'least bad' candidate and walk out of the polling booth holding your nose. Yazad,

I do not think voting with one’s feet is a useful response. It undermines democracy by allowing potential discards to come to power: the better response is to select the ‘least bad’ candidate and walk out of the polling booth holding your nose.

]]> by: Anand http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-976 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-976 By your own argument, you could have merely <i>ignored</i> Jivha's rants! Of course, I dont dispute much of what you have to say. By your own argument, you could have merely ignored Jivha’s rants! Of course, I dont dispute much of what you have to say.

]]> by: Yazad http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-977 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-977 Niraj, That's a comment to make to Jivha on his blog directly. Anand, I have a higher opinion of Jivha than what he has of the Times of India. That's why I choose not to ignore him. I do agree with him often (disagree just as often too!) Niraj, That’s a comment to make to Jivha on his blog directly.

Anand, I have a higher opinion of Jivha than what he has of the Times of India. That’s why I choose not to ignore him. I do agree with him often (disagree just as often too!)

]]> by: Yazad http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-978 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-978 Nitin, In what way is simply staying in the country stopping potential discards from winning elections? The only way is if you stay in the country AND stand for elections. Nitin, In what way is simply staying in the country stopping potential discards from winning elections? The only way is if you stay in the country AND stand for elections.

]]> by: Ravikiran http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-979 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-979 No not by Yazad's argument. By <i>Jivha's </i> argument we could have ignored Jivha's rants. It is a common error to make. Just because we don't want the government to intervene using its powers of coercion does not mean that individuals should not act using their wallets and their voices. In fact, we have a moral obligation to act. (but of course, not a legal obligation) No not by Yazad’s argument. By Jivha’s argument we could have ignored Jivha’s rants.

It is a common error to make. Just because we don’t want the government to intervene using its powers of coercion does not mean that individuals should not act using their wallets and their voices. In fact, we have a moral obligation to act. (but of course, not a legal obligation)

]]> by: Ravikiran http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-980 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-980 My comment was a response to Anand of course. My comment was a response to Anand of course.

]]> by: Nitin http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-981 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-981 Yazad, By not voting you are not allowing a candidate chosen by a majority to win, but allowing others to choose the most desirable from a pool of what you think is full of undesirable candidates. This means that (a) a candidate you consider undesirable is getting elected (b) you are leaving the least undesirability choice to someone else. Given who you are (hopefully not a member of 'a vote bank') its all the more important for you to pick the least undesirable. [If the field was full of equally desirable candidates, you need not have voted] I dont think its necessary for you to stand for elections to do yout bit. Voting right is. Yazad,

By not voting you are not allowing a candidate chosen by a majority to win, but allowing others to choose the most desirable from a pool of what you think is full of undesirable candidates. This means that (a) a candidate you consider undesirable is getting elected (b) you are leaving the least undesirability choice to someone else.

Given who you are (hopefully not a member of ‘a vote bank’) its all the more important for you to pick the least undesirable. [If the field was full of equally desirable candidates, you need not have voted]

I dont think its necessary for you to stand for elections to do yout bit. Voting right is.

]]> by: Sathish http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-982 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-982 Yazad, Tell me what kind of a policy is suited for India now. Would a libertarian solution for issues work for a country like us? One example - If marijuana is legalised and is made available in all shops, just like cigarettes - will it make you more happier, coz the country is becoming more libertarian? Yazad,

Tell me what kind of a policy is suited for India now. Would a libertarian solution for issues work for a country like us?

One example - If marijuana is legalised and is made available in all shops, just like cigarettes - will it make you more happier, coz the country is becoming more libertarian?

]]> by: Sathish http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-983 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/04/17/fisking-jivha/#comment-983 In a democracy, state represents the collective voice of its citizens. So state power and regulations by the state - are just like self-regulations imposed on us by ourselves. Am I being unlibertarianistic if I control myself and abstain from alcohol. Similarly if the US Govt. decides to ban GMail it is just a self-regulating activity done for its own good. Isn't it? Please enlighten me. In a democracy, state represents the collective voice of its citizens. So state power and regulations by the state - are just like self-regulations imposed on us by ourselves.

Am I being unlibertarianistic if I control myself and abstain from alcohol. Similarly if the US Govt. decides to ban GMail it is just a self-regulating activity done for its own good. Isn’t it?

Please enlighten me.

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