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Date Posted: 11:04:09 04/23/03 Wed
Author: Pjdutch
Subject: Re: Majority Rule
In reply to: Liberty 's message, "Re: Majority Rule" on 09:59:11 04/04/03 Fri

Just one additional point on this - When asked what the Continental Congress had given the people, Ben Franklin replied, "We have given you a republic - if you can keep it!"

Our founders were correctly afraid of a democracy and Thomas Jefferson wrote against the concept, citing chaos as one of the direct results of a pure democracy.

Fight to keep our Republic free!





>Good point Equity! A quick search of The
>Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and the
>Bill of Rights, you will not find the word "democracy"
>in there. Democracy in its bare form is "Majority
>Rule" or better yet, "mob rule". What the majority
>wants, the majority gets. The men who established the
>framework for the U.S. government knew that. They had
>a clear vision and that was personal and economc
>freedom under a government limited in its actions by
>the rule of law. A government of law, not of the "mob".
>My point in that MOTD was that in the last 100 years,
>people, especially politicians (in this case Al Gore),
>have been using the word democracy a bit too freely
>without stopping to think that in a sense, democracies
>can be bad. If it seems that I am exaggerating then
>ask any black friend or aquaintence from the south
>prior to the civil-rights movement what mob rule was
>like.
>Now on a personal note, I had no problem with what the
>radio stations did because the government was not
>involved. It was a private decision that catered to
>the listeners who buy the products advertised by them.
> To take it a step further, one can say it was a
>financial decision. Anyway, even prior to this, I was
>never a big Dixie Chicks fan. Take care and I look
>forward to further post!
>
>>I wanted to make a quick point in response to your
>>comments regarding the poll vote regarding the Dixie
>>Chicks.
>>
>>I appreciate the value of voting. (I stongly believe
>>that in the case of the radio poll in question this
>>was probably the best method of deciding whether or
>>not they should be played!)
>>
>>My problem is more in the abstract in that as an
>>Individualist I have a problem with notions of
>>majority rule. (Taken to its absolute Democracy means
>>that the 51% could put the remaining 49% into the gas
>>chambers). Part of the problem is with Demogogy (where
>>the few - 'opinion leaders', the gurus of political
>>correctness, lobby groups and the like - persuade the
>>51% to tax the remainder for money for 'good causes').
>>Isn't it strange that these 'good causes' often aid
>>that particular group????!!!!??
>>
>>I realise that Majority rule is preferable to minority
>>rule (or one-person rule).
>>
>>For those people who do not vote my answer is 'tough
>>cheese old boy'. Plenty of people died and plenty of
>>other people put up with a great deal of hardship so
>>that we could vote and if someone chooses not to then
>>they have made the decision to allow others to do
>>their thinking for them!
>>
>>(Though on a lighter note I do not think that they had
>>phone polls on C&W performers in mind!)

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