> From: wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (Bill_Stewart(HOY002)1305) > > An anonymous personage writes > > More succinctly, "Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on lunch." > > Up the republic! > > Yeah, though representative government is four wolves voting on _which_ sheep > to have for lunch. Actually, elections are more like four sheep voting on which wolf they want to be eaten by. .snail