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4 Sep 2024 01:19:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Germ Theory Denialism  
From: Darren New
Date: 21 Dec 2010 13:48:29
Message: <4d10f67d$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
>> In a democracy a majority needs no special protection, a minority does. 
> 
>   *Why* does the minority need special protection? Why are double standards
> necessary?

I would think this is obvious. If you have a pure democracy, you have two 
wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

Even in the USA's limited democracy (i.e., constitutional republic sort of 
democracy), it took a war to get the voting majority to let the minority 
have their say.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Serving Suggestion:
     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."


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