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To: jbe who wrote (41718)6/24/1999 12:25:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
The whole point of a bill of rights is NOT to put rights issues to the vote.

If we put prisoner rights to the vote, what would happen?

If we put flag burning to a vote?

The right to read pornography? The right to a government-paid lawyer to defend you?

The right to abortion?

Should basic rights change as one political position or another holds sway? If we vote for abortion rights under Jimmy Carter should we then be able to vote against them one Reagan gets elected?

I forget who used the wonderful phrase "the tyranny of the majority." But it is too often true. Just look at mobs.

There were some very good reasons why the Founding Fathers (no Founding Mothers need apply) set this country up as a Republic, NOT a democracy.



To: jbe who wrote (41718)6/24/1999 7:19:00 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
I was not entirely serious. "Put it to the vote" was a more resonant way of saying "put it through the system", try to pass a law, try to elect people that will amend the document. See what the people want, in other words.


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