I suppose this is the difference, then: I don't think anyone should have authority over elected politicians in that way, apart from the legal system and the people who elected them. (Or, some other body also mass-elected specifically for that purpose.)
Of course elected politicians make stupid decisions from time to time, which need to be overturned -- but the appropriate mechanism for overturning them is by voting them out and voting in someone who'll do something different. It's not ideal, but it's about taking the rough with the smooth. The potential problems of having any sort of the "the great and the good" body overruling elected politicans are far worse. As Churchill said, democracy is the worst form of government, apart from all the others that have been tried.
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Date: 2007-02-14 09:36 am (UTC)Of course elected politicians make stupid decisions from time to time, which need to be overturned -- but the appropriate mechanism for overturning them is by voting them out and voting in someone who'll do something different. It's not ideal, but it's about taking the rough with the smooth. The potential problems of having any sort of the "the great and the good" body overruling elected politicans are far worse. As Churchill said, democracy is the worst form of government, apart from all the others that have been tried.