Procedural Democracy

02.10.09 | 7 Comments

“As best I can tell, this is pretty much the legislative process in a nutshell: coming up with extensive, convoluted rules for everything and then discovering extensive, convoluted ways of getting around them.“

via Benji’s Ochlocratic Osculation

7 Comments

On 02.12.09 alex wrote:
trolling for links i see

http://gravytraincomic.blogspot.com/2009/02/beta-covenant-procedural-democracy.html
On 02.12.09 alex wrote:
what happened to my last comment?
On 02.12.09 jake wrote:
Well, I didn’t see it, but I imagine it was deleted b/c you were getting too rowdy.

I agree with the sentiment of this quotation, however these rules often seem to make sense on a microscopic level at a particular moment in time. I’m sure there’s some analogous physical event which one better-versed in the sciences than I can present.
On 02.12.09 Ethan wrote:
Alex! I wouldn’t do that! I am merely, generously driving copious amounts of traffic to dear Benji. My goodness, the nerve of some people.

Other poster, I refuse to acknowledge your existence until you start posting again. Start a photo blog!
On 02.12.09 jake wrote:
Wait…
On 02.16.09 Benji wrote:
I see the beauty of my words is setting the internet afire all around me.
On 02.17.09 Ethan wrote:
It’s true! They brought back Jake! Yay Benji’s words!

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