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   From: dlentz10@/*NOSPAM*/rochester.rr.com   
      
   Eric Johnson wrote:   
   >   
   > On 29-11-2003 03:36, in article   
   > 3513d8b1.0311281836.48aa3f4a@posting.google.com, "ulTRAX"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > > at least to people   
   > > who actually believe in civic equality. Obviously most don't   
   >   
   > To assume that people concerned about tyranny of the majority actually don't   
   > believe in civic equality is nonsensical.   
   >   
   > The EC is an attempt to restore civil equality.   
      
   I accept as valid the idea of a tyranny of the majority.  Yet in   
   contemporary politics the more likely problem is the tyranny of a   
   small but bitter minority.  Just because an idea is supported by   
   fifty one percent of the population does not make it wrong.   
      
   A majority does have the limited right to govern.  A minority   
   never does.   
      
   David   
      
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