Chomsky on Madison

[William S. Lear]

On Saturday, April 1, 2000 at 16:17:18 (-0800) Brad De Long writes:
>>
>>  ><sarcasm>Ah. My mistake. I presumed that slaves--the people who work
>>>these two estates per "man"--are people too. </sarcasm>
>>>
>>>Of course, if slaves aren't people then, yes, you can read Aristotle
>>>and pretend that he is a democrat. But I cannot imagine why anyone
>>>woul want to...
>>
>>And by the same logic, because you would presumably deny the right to
>>vote for 13 year-olds, you are "anti-democratic",
>
>Not the same logic at all...

Sorry, it is.  Aristotle believed in restricting democracy to certain
groups.  You, I assume, do as well.  That does not necessarily make
you or Aristotle an anti-democrat.  Narrow-minded, perhaps, but it
doesn't convince me that you are against the idea of democracy.

Bill