The coming brouhaha over the Republican River
Saturday, August 25, 2007
A while back I wrote concerning our republic type of government, differentiating it from a true democracy.
In a pure democracy, decisions are made strictly by majority vote. Merrill Ream wrote that I should mention that a republic form of government, by thinking representatives with moral backgrounds, will avoid the pure democracy's "tyranny of the majority" flaw. I think that the upwelling water fuss with Kansas makes a great illustration of that tyranny.
There is no doubt in my mind that if a statewide vote were taken to answer the question of who should pay Kansas a fine for overuse of water in the Republican River Basin the answer would be those who live in the Republican River Basin. That is us, you and me! Never mind that the fine was, or will be, generated by a compact signed in 1943 by the Nebraska Governor on behalf of all the people in the State of Nebraska.
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