Re: Hunting is banned!
From: Rooney (pvrooney_at_aol.com)
Date: 11/25/04
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:20:49 +0000
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:07:31 -0000, "Old Codger"
<oldcodger@anyoldwhere.net> wrote:
>Rooney wrote:
>> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 19:09:15 +0000, Oz <oz@farmeroz.port995.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Rooney <pvrooney@aol.com> writes
>>>> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:25:08 +0000, Oz <oz@farmeroz.port995.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> One function of a working democracy is to allow freedom for
>>>>> minorities within it, where what they do does not affect others.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's nothing to do with the definition of democracy. It's just
>>>> majority rule - no more, no less.
>>>
>>> I didn't say definition, I said 'one function of a working'.
>>
>>
>> The function of a working democracy is to enact majority rule - no
>> more, no less.
>
>So we haven't got a working democracy. Young Tone did not get a majority
>vote, just a majority of the parliamentary seats.
Correct - we have a version called 'Parliamentary democracy'. But the
point remains - the majority has a right to put through any law
whatever. Protecting minorities simply isn't a feature of democracy,
though it may (or may not) be desirable for any number of reasons.
In this particular case, the important thing was to put the unelected
chamber firmly in its place.
-- R o o n e y
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