<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422647.post111340142813137863..comments</id><updated>2009-12-20T02:39:16.530+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on terse &amp; at large: To think about...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://terseandatlarge.blogspot.com/feeds/111340142813137863/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6422647/111340142813137863/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://terseandatlarge.blogspot.com/2005/04/to-think-about.html'/><author><name>Terz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04120640575626672401</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422647.post-111340599067326746</id><published>2005-04-13T23:26:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-04-13T23:26:00.000+08:00</updated><title type='text'>No idea about (2) or (3), but here is my theory fo...</title><summary type='text'>No idea about (2) or (3), but here is my theory for (1).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hypothesis :-&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;* 'consultation' offers serfs a sense of participation in the decision making process&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;* a sense of participation would make some (if not, most) serfs happy and contented&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;* happy and contented serfs make good economic sense&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hence, 'consultation' makes good economic sense.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6422647/111340142813137863/comments/default/111340599067326746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6422647/111340142813137863/comments/default/111340599067326746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://terseandatlarge.blogspot.com/2005/04/to-think-about.html?showComment=1113405960000#c111340599067326746' title=''/><author><name>KnightofPentacles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06206339922836400504</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://terseandatlarge.blogspot.com/2005/04/to-think-about.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422647.post-111340142813137863' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6422647/posts/default/111340142813137863' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>