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Re: National vote on handguns?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:21:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > This does not make 100% sense to me - getting rid of a lot of laws only to
> > referendum them back. Why not just Constitutional-ise referenda, and use
> > them to remove/add laws?
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> The reason that I think it makes sense is that if it took 75% of the people to
> agree, most of them wouldn't be voted back in place.
Actually, the reason it *doesn't* make sense is that you require a 75%
consensus. In a group of just 12 people it's hard to get 75% agreement on
what kind of pizza to get; do you honestly expect that *any* issue, when put
before a vote by the entire US voting populace, will pass? That goes for
every law, from "don't steal soap from the motel" to "don't kill someone for
beating you at checkers."
> We would have the obvious victimizations illegal and some meta-organizational
> issues agreed to, and that's about all. Just the way it should be.
What exactly, under a 75% voting majority opinion, is an "obvious
victimization?" It seems that we can't establish agreement on
meta-organizational issues in the first place, and in any case, how would we
document such "agreement?" By a plurality? By the loudest voice?
Dave!
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| (...) to (...) Sure. I don't want to invest a lot in defense of this system that I created in four seconds while reading the note before, but I do actually think that part of it has merit. I'm sure that 75% of us would agree that stealing and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) should (...) order (...) The reason that I think it makes sense is that if it took 75% of the people to agree, most of them wouldn't be voted back in place. We would have the obvious victimizations illegal and some meta-organizational issues (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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