> The EFF, the ACLU? Lobbyists. Good lobbyists, but lobbyists nonetheless. Necessary to counter bad lobbyist. :) Lobbying: you have more money == you have mor

> The EFF, the ACLU? Lobbyists. Good lobbyists, but lobbyists nonetheless. Necessary to counter bad lobbyist. :) Lobbying: you have more money == you have more influence. Sounds very undemocratic to me. > I would prefer experts in a field (on both sides) to inform politicians than have them be clueless on the issues in question. But to have them paid for? If civilians press on their representatives, in their own "free" time, this is the only "lobbying" that I consider "honest". Lobbies kill democracies. You think, for instance, the US would be in so heavily invested in going to war without military corps spending on lobbying? I think lobbies are bad. In my country (NL) a lobbyist can walk closer to politicians (like a journalist) then a civilian is allowed to. This is too much.