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To: Don Myers
It means that a small and vocal minority wants to impose its will on the majority of the people.

Absolutely incorrect. Tyranny of the majority, in the context of the Federalist Papers, means that we as a nation subscribe to a set of core beliefs and values, and that even the rule of a majority does not change these core beliefs and values. That's why the Founders made the amendment process so complex and daunting.

Try thinking about it from a pro-2nd Amendment standpoint and it will make more sense.


86 posted on 12/14/2001 11:39:40 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
A core set of beliefs does not include the right to destroy a society because a minority of people believe that drugs should be legalized.
89 posted on 12/14/2001 11:43:28 AM PST by Don Myers
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