I am guessing that you are against any sort of ballot initiative.
If a local community comes to a consensus that they want to observe or not observe blue laws, it is not reasonable that they should be forced to bow to the will of vocal minority. Such coercion of the majority applied broadly would lead to chaos and foolishly accomodates the wishes of the squeaky wheel at the expense of the wishes of everyone else.
If a local community comes to a consensus that they want to observe or not observe blue laws, it is not reasonable that they should be forced to bow to the will of vocal minority. Such coercion of the majority applied broadly would lead to chaos and foolishly accomodates [sic] the wishes of the squeaky wheel at the expense of the wishes of everyone else.
If a local community comes to a consensus that they want to observe or not observe blue laws (torture everyone named Pete, ostracize every Pete, etc.) it is not reasonable that they should be forced to bow to the will of vocal minority. Such coercion of the majority applied broadly would lead to chaos and foolishly accommodates the wishes of the squeaky wheel mob at the expense of the wishes of everyone else Petes.
Pete didn't harm another person and he is an animate being. Alcohol harmed no one and is an inanimate object. You are arguing to initiate harm/force against a person that has not harmed another. To carry it out is immoral and criminal. Your individual rights end where another person's begin.
Rights are not determined by consensus.
it is not reasonable that they should be forced to bow to the will of vocal minority.
You misplace the force, the force is from those who would violate rights, not by those who defend rights.
Such coercion of the majority applied broadly would lead to chaos and foolishly accomodates the wishes of the squeaky wheel at the expense of the wishes of everyone else.
The confusion is because you seem to see those who assert their rights as coercing those who would violate them by using government force to attain their wishes.
My rights are not determined by the majority or the minority, they belong to me, and are not broker-able by anyone else.