[Foundation-l] and what if...

[Ray Saintonge]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> Yes, all states have laws. It is the content of those laws which
>> determines whether or not the state is a free and open society. One
>> may have a free and open society that is not an anarchy.
>>     
>
> If the country has free and fair elections for its leaders then it is
> a democracy. A law made by democratically elected leaders that doesn't
> get in the way of free and fair elections cannot be undemocratic. Just
> because you don't like the law doesn't mean a majority of the
> electorate agrees with you.
So it seems that you feel that the tyranny of the majority is 
justified.  California recently voted by a small majority to outlaw gay 
marriages.  When democracy is used that way to needlessly suppress the 
rights of the minority it puts doubts into its democratic credentials.

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