andrel <byt### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> >> I think it is a common concept that a democracy has to do what the
> >> majority wants while at the same time protecting the rights of minorities.
> >
> >    While protecting the rights of *everybody* equally.

> Yes, that is what that means. Many people find it useful to stress it 
> this way to make clear that even in a democracy there are bounds to what 
> is acceptable to put into laws even if you have 50%+1 of the votes.

  The problem is that when some people stress that notion too much,
they start showing preferential treatment for some groups of people,
effectively discriminating others. When this happens to a politician
passing laws or judges passing verdicts, it's a problem.

  And yes, that *is* happening. It's not purely theoretical.

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                                                          - Warp

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