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To: Mister Muggles
Mister Muggles -- You write: "The Swiss held a referendum and the majority voted NO...HOW is this an attack on freedom?"

It's important to distinguish between democracy and freedom -- altho' few people do. One is majority rule and the other is individual rights. Democracy is often mistaken, tyrannical, and evil -- individual liberty never is.

6 posted on 12/01/2009 11:20:18 AM PST by Zanton (a polite & open-minded, but fierce, advocate of classical liberalism & libertarianism)
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To: Zanton

>>Democracy is often mistaken, tyrannical, and evil — individual liberty never is.<<

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That all depends on the individuals. Individual liberty without individual sense of responsibility creates chaos. This is the liberal philosophy: ‘If it feels good, it must be good, so do it’.

Our God-given freedom, as mentioned in the Constitution, implies that its recipients also believe in God and are willing to follow His statutes and not just ‘do their own thing’.


8 posted on 12/01/2009 11:41:42 AM PST by 353FMG (Save the Planet -- Eliminate Socialism)
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