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To: ought-six
Give me a Constitutional Republic over a pure democracy any time.

The will of the majority is anything you agree with while the tyranny of the majority is anything you do not. A bit selective, IMHO.

28 posted on 02/23/2009 11:21:52 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

“The will of the majority is anything you agree with while the tyranny of the majority is anything you do not. A bit selective, IMHO.”

The will of the majority is restrained by laws that protect the interests of the minority, as we have in a Constitutional Republic. Those laws protect the minority who may very well be at risk by that majority will.

Your apparent support for a pure democracy would leave 49% of the people at the mercy of 51%. Hardly a comforting thought.


31 posted on 02/23/2009 11:41:54 AM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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