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Subject: Re: democracy vs. indefinate incarceration/private deadly force
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Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 17:27:00 EST
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> Of course democracy doesn't imply any set of morals.  In a democracy
> unhampered by untouchables like a bill of rights, a majority of people
> could vote in the complete annihilation of any minority much less the
> things mentioned above.  Some people (including the writers of the U.S.
> Constitution) were or are in favor of well defined limitations on what the
> government can and can't do.

No matter what sorts of rights the government guarantees to minorities,
if a majority of the people in the country wanted to kill a large percentage
of the population we'd be in pretty bad shape.  Besides, all it takes is
a few 2/3 majority votes to rescind the constitution altogether...

	Wayne