[SC.LUG] Bill Gates to be Knighted?

[Jason Lucas]

Or, as commonly quoted by Archaeologists - it's not what you know, it's
who you know. Weber wrote some stuff about that - essentially it's the
old boy's/girl's network. i.e - never underestimate the power of the
Women's Institute, or indeed, the existent Aristocracy. There is no such
thing as a truly democratic society. Never has been, never will be.

However, I would be interested in views on how a purely democratic
society would work.

Jason.


On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 20:37, David Holden wrote:
> On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 8:19 pm, Jason Lucas wrote:
> > According to the Telegraph
> > (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/25/ngates25.x
> >ml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/25/ixnewstop.html) (& reported on slashdot), Bill
> > Gates is apparently due for a Knighthood. Presumably this will be part of
> > the terms and conditions for Newham Council's budget M$ deal that displaced
> > Linux as a contender for the Council's desktop environment. If other
> > councils follow suit, does that mean that Gates will be made next in-line
> > for the throne?
> >
> > Can you image it - Long Live King Bill Gates III!
> >
> > ttfn
> >
> > Jason.
> >
> >
> 
> 
> It would just prove what a joke the honours are - its all about patronage.
> 
>  Dave.
>