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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Referendums
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Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 14:53:01 EDT
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> I agree that there are certain matters that should not be put to
> the electorate by way of a referendum. ...
> However, there are numerous ones that 
> could be; for example, the question of whether to raise the
> drinking age back up to 21. 
>  
> As possible safeguards, referendums could me structured such that:
> - questions dealing with minority rights would not be permitted
> ...

You are contradicting yourself.  What about the minority aged from
18/19/whatever to 21?  This is a minority-rights question if I ever
saw one...

[No, I am not in that age bracket myself.]
-- 
	"Kids are people too."

				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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