keduh@hogpd.UUCP (D.HUDEK) (02/17/84)
<< not again. :-) >>
mcnc!akt raised a valid point when he/she asked what would
prevent the opening up of diploma mills and the related problems
of people getting worthless degrees in order to receive a larger
allotment of votes.
It's a problem all right. I don't really have a solution. Somehow
there would have to be some kind of quality control [ unfortunately
a government agency of some kind probably ] to only allot votes to those
who have "valid" degrees. Then you have to worry about corruption and
who monitors the monitors... I dunno, there is already some method
of regulating [and restricting the numbers of] those in the medical
profession ---- quality control if you will-- to make sure that
those who want to practice really have "valid" degrees [ I also
suspect that they must pass some state/federal tests of their
skills ].{ aside : The AMA also keeps the number of med schools and
grads down in order to keep the supply low and the prices high
-- there's a completely unsupported wild claim if I ever heard
one :-) }
There's the related problems of which disciplines are or are not
"valid". Do RTF (Radio/Television/Film), Home Ec., Business,
Engineering, Physical Education, and Anthropology degrees all
count the same ?? Is one degree worth more than another ?
What qualities would the ideal decision-maker (voter) have ?
A sense of history, humanities, law, logic, science background....
This whole topic is getting so complex and muddled that I wonder
if it's even worth discussing anymore or if it's been beaten to death...
It was all based on a cute short story set in an imaginary land
anyway....
Anyone have an idea for a new, nice, easy, simple-minded political
topic to discuss ? [If you get serious and try to think about
political/human problems too long your brain starts to overheat... :-) ]
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