Comments on: So, does this mean no more Saddam-like election results in Jeolla-do? http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/ Korea... in Blog Format Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:54:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: railwaycharm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69738 railwaycharm Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:50:00 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69738 Hope so! Hope so!

]]> By: ggoma chief http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69737 ggoma chief Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:20:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69737 "My hope is Rho will do so much damage that the pendulum will have to swing in the right direction." Alas, already done! “My hope is Rho will do so much damage that the pendulum will have to swing in the right direction.”

Alas, already done!

]]> By: railwaycharm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69729 railwaycharm Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:17:06 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69729 My hope is Rho will do so much damage that the pendulum will have to swing in the right direction. My hope is Rho will do so much damage that the pendulum will have to swing in the right direction.

]]> By: Won Joon Choe http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69688 Won Joon Choe Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:36:45 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69688 H. Kim, You expressed my thoughts. Unfortunately, the proposal will never fly in this democracy-obsessed age. In fact, there are frequent calls in the U.S. to scrap the Electoral College. H. Kim,

You expressed my thoughts.

Unfortunately, the proposal will never fly in this democracy-obsessed age. In fact, there are frequent calls in the U.S. to scrap the Electoral College.

]]> By: H. Kim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69686 H. Kim Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:27:22 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69686 This is why Korea needs to return to an electoral college system, with which they briefly - albeit ineptly -- courted during the Yushin Constitution era. Well organized voting blocs in the Jeolla regions, as well as various other factions in Korean society, have the ability to destabilize Korean society under the current direct vote or popular voting system-- as our young "Netizens" so deftly proved during the 2002 elections. Madison was so right when he said in the "Federalist Papers": <blockquote>A well constructed Union must above all else break and control the violence of factions, especially the superior force of an overwhelming maljority.</blockquote> I know many Americans are critical of an indirect voting system like the Electoral College, but I believe the founding fathers knew what they were doing when they established it realizing as Madison did and so fortuitously articulated: <blockquote>The most insidious tyranny that arises in democracies is the massed power of felllow citizens banned together in a dominant bloc.</blockquote> Korea has yet to learn this. Fortunately the Founding Fathers did having had enough foresight to realize that a representative democracy had to be vigorously protected from the whims and capriciousness of a politically naive public --especially with regards to selecting a chief executive. Will Korea ever be able to do the same? I hope so, but I'm conservatively pessimistic at the moment. I think our founding fathers This is why Korea needs to return to an electoral college system, with which they briefly - albeit ineptly — courted during the Yushin Constitution era.

Well organized voting blocs in the Jeolla regions, as well as various other factions in Korean society, have the ability to destabilize Korean society under the current direct vote or popular voting system– as our young “Netizens” so deftly proved during the 2002 elections.

Madison was so right when he said in the “Federalist Papers”:

A well constructed Union must above all else break and control the violence of factions, especially the superior force of an overwhelming maljority.

I know many Americans are critical of an indirect voting system like the Electoral College, but I believe the founding fathers knew what they were doing when they established it realizing as Madison did and so fortuitously articulated:

The most insidious tyranny that arises in democracies is the massed power of felllow citizens banned together in a dominant bloc.

Korea has yet to learn this. Fortunately the Founding Fathers did having had enough foresight to realize that a representative democracy had to be vigorously protected from the whims and capriciousness of a politically naive public –especially with regards to selecting a chief executive.

Will Korea ever be able to do the same? I hope so, but I’m conservatively pessimistic at the moment.

I think our founding fathers

]]> By: baduk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69679 baduk Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:41:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/02/12/so-does-this-mean-no-more-saddam-like-election-results-in-jeolla-do/#comment-69679 This is bullshit. They will vote for whomever KimDaeJung names. These lemmings always vote as a block. They do not even care about the future of Korea, as long as their Jolla candidate wins. It is about time for Koreans to vote against Jolla candidate. People are mad about Jolla "progressives"(Commies) who consistently weakens the defense, tries to sever ties with the US and always supports Kim Jongil. The worst kind of people! This is bullshit. They will vote for whomever KimDaeJung names. These lemmings always vote as a block.

They do not even care about the future of Korea, as long as their Jolla candidate wins.

It is about time for Koreans to vote against Jolla candidate. People are mad about Jolla “progressives”(Commies) who consistently weakens the defense, tries to sever ties with the US and always supports Kim Jongil.

The worst kind of people!

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