Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!news.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!CALA-MUZIK!news.moat.net!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Kevin Gowen Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Ping Kevin G Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:55:42 -0400 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <2tj3fuF1uuvaqU29@uni-berlin.de> References: <4172A3EF.82EA87C6@yahoo.co.jp> <2tg3c2F1uuvaqU22@uni-berlin.de> <2tg4p3F1utlm9U1@uni-berlin.de> <40o5n0h7p6fj0bcd4rrdgclc0coqaribkp@4ax.com> <2tggp2F1uuvaqU25@uni-berlin.de> <4173BA92.E4BBB53A@yahoo.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de +bn/2OlqciYNcXbuljSYEAkCx14g5/gvF5HMfXjJfKeAA7EXpr User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <4173BA92.E4BBB53A@yahoo.co.jp> Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:19623 Eric Takabayashi wrote: > Michael Cash wrote: >>I find that were we to base representation on "one member, one vote" >>then the 135 million people of the least populated 114 (50% plus 1) >>would constitute a majority. Should they form a bloc, you would have 2 >>percent of the world's population calling the shots for everybody. > > > Which is why I am glad that the UN does not operate that way, and that members > do not wield equal influence. You do realize that the UN calls the shots for no one, right? - Kevin