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To: koan who wrote (745997)	10/11/2013 8:32:24 PM
From: jlallen	5 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 FJB i-node Jorj X Mckie TideGlider Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570273

If the majority made all the laws.....abortion would be illegal, gay marriage would be illegal and you would have to show an ID to vote.... You're as big a dumbass as ted. Clueless.

To: koan who wrote (745997)	10/12/2013 12:02:29 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	1 Recommendation Recommended By gamesmistress Respond to of 1570273

Who do you think makes al laws? The majority. If that was true, we wouldn't need two houses of congress and a president to sign bills into law. there is a reason that a large portion of the population latches on to democracy as the end all be all of government. It's a concept that is easy to understand. The idea of a government that is chartered to protect the rights of individuals and that explicitly states that it derives its power from the people and not the other way around, and that even if everyone agrees on something, if it violates the rights of an individual, it is legally wrong....well that's complicated stuff. Democracy is easy..."the majority is right". Basically, democracy is by and for simpletons.