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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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Date: 
Wed, 10 Oct 2001 19:16:55 GMT
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The majority voting to deny even one single person rights,
while democratic, is unjust.

But who, then, decides what those rights should be. You? Me? Thinking over
it, I would prefer the second ;-)

:wq

Horst



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  Re: Gotta love Oracle...
 
(...) There is no perfect scheme but I prefer some process (undefined? what our founding fathers did? something else?) to ratify some basic set of rights and then sticking to those rather than allowing 51% majorities to override them on whim. If (...) (23 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Gotta love Oracle...
 
(...) No. Might, or mob rule, does not make right. Rights must be paramount to the desires of the mob. I reject democracy when it is unfettered. The majority voting to deny even one single person rights, while democratic, is unjust. I prefer a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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