Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice6.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxv!mhuxh!mhuxi!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!ccice6!daf From: daf@ccice6.UUCP (David Fader) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: FORCING 30 MILLION Message-ID: <340@ccice6.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 13:33:39 EST Article-I.D.: ccice6.340 Posted: Thu Feb 7 13:33:39 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 07:49:46 EST Organization: The Wall Of Fog Lines: 66 Subject: Re: FORCING 30 MILLION Newsgroups: net.politics References: <326@ccice6.UUCP> <663@ccice5.UUCP> > > > That says to me this is NOT what the people want. > > Too bad. I've suggested before you limit yourself to one sentence. > > I assume you are referring to the 30 million when you mention the people. > > I submit the theory that in most issues not everyone will agree. > > Are you suggesting a canidate must get every single vote in order to win? > > > Or are you suggesting that the majority (moral or otherwise) has the > > > right to FORCE its will on the minority? > > This is encouraging. You grasp of politics is increasing. > > In a working democracy the majority does rule. > > Would you have designed a system where the losers of an election > > would be the ones who took office? > David, I must ask you to think in English rather than C when you post to > this net. C involves logic and consistency. I realize you don't think using either, but I must decline to follow your example. > If you had read Arndt's article, which it appears you haven't, > you would see that he does not define what HE means by people. I assumed > he meant ALL people and replied accordingly. Rob, I was responding to you not Arndt. I am sorry I did not make that clear enough for you to understand. Furthermore you will see I defined what I intended people to mean. For your reference: "I assume you are referring to the 30 million when you mention the people." Since I lack the dubious ability to read between the lines I could not have known you were referring to ALL people. > As to your second point, my > grasp of politics is fine, but I'm concerned about yours. Besides the > fact that the United States is NOT a democracy (It's a Republic), That sentence above is the one you should have limited yourself to. I admit my error here. I spoke of democracy in terms of the dictionary definition. In the U.S. the majority rules which makes it democratic. > there > were grave concerns from the inception of our country that the majority > would FORCE it's will on the minority, outside of the law. That is why we > have such things as the system of checks and balances, the Supreme Court, > etc. Thats nice. I notice you never answered my original questions. > I will be happy to loan you one of my college history texts if you > want to persue this any further. Sorry Rob, I don't have time to read to you. ROB - THIS RESPONSE WAS TO THE ARTICLE ABOVE -- The Watcher seismo!rochester!ccice5!ccice6!daf