To: metmom
I thought in a democracy it was majority rules. I somehow can't quite see that as much as tyranny as opposed to a minority overruling a majority. Thank God we don't live in a Democracy. We live in a Representative Republic which has checks and balances to balance the rights of the minority with the will of the majority.
2,065 posted on
12/21/2005 7:53:40 PM PST by
freedumb2003
(American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
To: freedumb2003; metmom
Maybe we need a "Civics 101" ping list. ;-)
metmom, the Constitution prevents us from living in a "majority rules" society. We all have rights upon which the majority cannot infringe.
2,066 posted on
12/21/2005 8:12:52 PM PST by
highball
("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
To: freedumb2003
Yes, you're right. What I recall learning in school is democracy but what I learned homeschooling my kids was Representative Republic. I tend to fall back on older learning sometimes as it is more deeply ingrained even if it's wrong.
2,067 posted on
12/21/2005 8:18:07 PM PST by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: freedumb2003; metmom
Thank God we don't live in a Democracy. We live in a Representative Republic which has checks and balances to balance the rights of the minority with the will of the majority. Actually, as is shown by this case, we live in a judicial aristocracy where the will of both the majority and the minority are subjugated to the whim of an unelected arrogant intellectual Ivy League aristocracy.
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