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[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Tom,

> From: Tom Worthington <Tom.Worthington at tomw.net.au>

> >>If e-democracy is going to happen it will have to be despite the existing 
> >>political processes ...
> >
> >Why is "in spite of" an imperative, Tom?
> 
> The imperative is to make the change. 

Which is still an a priori starting point; all you say may be true, if the case for the change to e-democracy is accepted as imperative.

I am putting the "process-conservative" position, because there are too many competing definitions of "e-democracy", and too few arguments in favour of some components (for example, electronic voting, which is promoted as inevitable by some, even while it's discredited in practise).

So it's reasonable to ask:
- what is e-democracy;
- what are its benefits; and
- why should the electorate accept it as an inevitability?

Cheers,
RC

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