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Article #22Warning: Religion!
From: Shane Wm. McWhorter
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 05:39
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 05:39
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IMHO, the issue has very little to do with alcohol. Before the 1960's, the VAST majority of Georgians voted for legislators to represent thier majority opinion: that there should be separate schools: one for whites, and one for non-whites. In that case, the federal goverment had to send in armed soldiers to enforce the United States Constitution.n, against the will of the majority. Little has changed in 200 years, when Thomas Jefferson said the most dangerous faction is the majority. I doesn't matter IN THE LEAST that "most Georgians" don't want liquor sold on Sunday. It's illegal for the state to enforce the moral opinion of a religion. Muslims think its Friday, and Jews Saturday. There are more Muslims in the world than Christians, so if you believe the majority has the authority, then you better get a prayer rug. If Georgians don't want to sell liquor on a Sunday, why don't they start a referendum to change the U. S. Constitution? Let's move the day to Monday. I wouldn't want to buy beer on a Monday. :) -- | Shane Wm. McWhorter | Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center | | shane@cc.gatech.edu | Georgia Institute of Technology | | | Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355 | | Psychophysics, Displays and User Performace in Virtual Environments |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!darwin.sura.net!pirates!gatech!prism!gt0418c From: gt0418c@prism.gatech.EDU (Shane Wm. McWhorter) Newsgroups: ga.general Subject: Warning: Religion! Keywords: jesus, Beer. Message-ID: <65490@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 10 Aug 92 05:39:07 GMT Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 30