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To: flintsilver7
The fact is that smokers are a minority and the majority wants not to be bothered by it.

"That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the whole world" John Adams

Precisely what is that supposed to prove?
I'm assuming that yours is a rhetorical question.
No, it isn't.
Very well then, it isn't meant to "prove" anything.
You're appealing to an authority over two hundred years in the past and stating it as evidence that your opinion is correct.
I'm not "appealing" to some dead white guy. I'm giving you the thoughts of a learned man on the faults of majority/minority concepts to contemplate upon.

105 posted on 01/21/2007 5:43:00 PM PST by philman_36
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To: philman_36

You're absolutely correct that there are faults of the majority/minority concept. The statement "democracy is two foxes and a hen deciding on what to have for lunch" is a prime example of this. My point is that it isn't true in all cases.


106 posted on 01/21/2007 5:45:34 PM PST by flintsilver7
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