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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....
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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (784)9/7/1999 1:37:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 6418
 
It's interesting that many people who rush to the argument that because if majority of the people want gun control then it is right to pass gun control laws run from the argument that if a majority of the people want creation "science" taught in schools then it is right to require that creation "science" be taught in the schools.

Not that I favor the latter. But I am not particularly impressed with claims that "the majority" wants this or that. Fortunately, we do not have a pure democracy, but a representative democracy under a constitution. There is protection in both these elements from the tyrrany of the majority.
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