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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (108506)	2/19/2010 2:45:13 AM
From: John Metcalf	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Hawk, you have it backwards. Where there is Liberty, democracy is secondary. Free people each do what they think is best. A popular consensus, established through democracy (e.g. popular vote), has no major effect when there is Liberty for each person. In our Republic, Democracy should not take away the Constitutional freedoms of any person, no matter how popular the cause.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (108506)	2/19/2010 8:42:40 AM
From: Little Joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Not logical response. Democracy is rule of the majority. The majority does not necessarily grant freedom to the minority let alone the majority. It is more likely to be more free but not necessarily so. Also depends on what kind of freedom you mean. Are you more free in a country where economic liberty is far greater than the USA, but where your freedom of speech is greatly limited. Suppose you had absolute right to free speech, but the government took 100% of your income and then redistributed some of it to you. Who is freer the man who is free to speak or the man who is economically free. lj