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To: Adivino who wrote (856)	7/8/2002 12:59:00 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 3467

Adivino, Re: I am very happy to find it to be intelligent. Not everyone agrees, but we're glad you've decided to enter the fray. Re: If the United States is still a democracy (government by the people, rule of the majority) in the matters of separation of church ( and what really is the governments definition of a church?) and state, wouldn't it be prudent to put to a national vote matters such as this? No, that would be sheer idiocy. In a time of uproar, crowds are prone to act hysterically. That's why the U.S. is a representative democracy with abundant checks and balances in the system. It's completely clever, but it certainly isn't democracy. The Founding Fathers wisely feared the will of the Mob, and tried to make sure that the passions of the people couldn't wreck the government or our collective futures. Re: If the minority understands that the majority rules, then a lot of unnecessary emotions won't rise up to such a frenzy. You do realize you are talking about human beings, right? Irrationality, hysteria, running amok and generally being stupid is the norm. Unnecessary emotions are what millions live for, please don't take away their rights! Re: And the use of demagoguery is pretty harsh for at that time in our history there actually was somewhat a threat of a nuclear and communist threat. It was meant to be harsh because it was such a stupid choice they made to violate the "establishment" clause of the Constitution. It was completely demagogic, i.e. it was designed to stir up raw emotion in order to propagandize the population into a contrived frenzy. -Ray