Re: Haven't we had enough

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From: Andrew Gideon
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 00:00

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In article 1ACF@tulsa.com, Rob Aldrich <raldrich@tulsa.com> writes:
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>
>Lets see, Democracy...if 50.1 percent of the people vote that African-
>Americans can't live in the US we can have the military deport them. 
>50.1% can outlaw gays, 50.1% can outlaw condoms, 50.1% can outlaw a
>woman's right to vote, 50.1 can outlaw anything.  Now there's a system
>to be fighting for, huh?  To the extent that a democracy has overthrown
>our government it deserves to be "dismantled."
>

Indeed.  This is called "Tyranny of the Majority", and it is a scary
thing.  It is one of the more interesting things about our government
that there was at least an attempt made to protect minorities (on any issue - 
not just racial divisions) against the majority.

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From: andrew@tagsys.com (Andrew Gideon)
Subject: Re: Haven't we had enough
Date: 1996/11/04
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