Posted by AuntieMel on November 11, 2004, at 11:00:36
In reply to Re: not majority rule, posted by MKB on November 10, 2004, at 16:51:34
I'm saying that "pure" majority rule can lead to the rights of others being trampled. This is why the US constitution made this a republic, not a democracy. The majority picks people to represent them, but in theory at least the representatives are supposed to consider the whole picture along with their constituants.
I can't think of a case of a true democracy that has ever succeeded.
If it were truly majority rule, then people like the one that wrote this article would take away the rights of the minority in a heartbeat. (The article was in papers in the US yesterday. I picked this copy of it because it doesn't require registration.)
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/cgi-bin/printme.pl
ironic - the right to publish this is supported by the aclu.
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