Matthew Bennett
Matthew Bennett commented
Are online anarchist groups actually saving democracy?
I think that governments have started to tickle the edges of what our communication facilities can offer democracy, between services such as http://data.gov.uk/ and http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/ - but anyone who fights to gain power will ultimately fight to keep it and resist any erosion of power. As we've seen recently with the Snowden leaks, all it … Read more
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I have memories of hearing about an aerobatic manoeuvre, a Knickerbocker. Problem is, I can't find any references to it. I'm starting to think it was all a dream - did it exist? Does it go by another name?

The only connection I can find between aerobatics and the word "knickerbocker" is a pilot named Shawn Knickerbocker, who is based out of Orlando, Florida (according to his LinkedIn profile).

Knickerbocker and Aerobatics

A quick search on YouTube brings up a video posted by someone of the same name flying a 1943 PT-13 … Read more

Matthew Bennett
Matthew Bennett answered Yo Kass' question
Are online anarchist groups actually saving democracy?

Firstly, let's define democracy for a moment - the word originally meant "rule of the people" (thanks, wikipedia.) Also from that article, you might be interested to know that the original democratic process involved randomly selecting citizens for the jobs and other citizens voting. Note that citizens here means "People who … Read more