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   From: erj66@xs4all.nl   
      
   On 29-11-2003 14:27, in article j91yb.130074$1N3.74162@twister.nyroc.rr.com,   
   "David Lentz"  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   But neither have the moral justification for enslaving the other. Thus the   
   House, Senate, and Electoral College.   
      
   EJ   
      
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