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To: general_re
No? That's okay - I'm not quite ready to cede that power to you either ;)

No, but it gets tiresome fighting politicians who are clearly thwarting the will of the majority. I can assure you, the majority of townspeople in the next town do not want men masturbating in the town library.

270 posted on 06/18/2002 6:12:45 AM PDT by yendu bwam
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To: yendu bwam
No, but it gets tiresome fighting politicians who are clearly thwarting the will of the majority. I can assure you, the majority of townspeople in the next town do not want men masturbating in the town library.

Ah, but are your neighbors all out there making their feelings known? The elected officials of your town can only steal your right to determine what sort of town you will live in if good men sit back and do nothing.

Not to say that you are doing nothing, but what are your neighbors doing? Are they content to let you take care of it, or are they actively working for change - remember that bit about people getting the sort of government they deserve? Does that make more sense to you now? ;)

In any case, they can never really thwart the will of the majority - if, that is, the majority will drop the TV remote and get up off of its butt. The question you have to ask is, can you win this on your own, or will you need the rest of your neighbors walking beside you? And if you do, are you willing to wait around until they see the same problem that you do, and are motivated to do more about it than complain around the dinner table?

And if you can't effect change on your own, either because the majority is too complacent to assist you, or because they're actively thwarting you, then you always have the ultimate protest - vote with your feet, since this town will clearly not be a good fit for you any longer.

274 posted on 06/18/2002 6:29:57 AM PDT by general_re
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