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- From: stephen@orchid.UCSC.EDU (coram populo)
- Newsgroups: ba.politics,ca.politics,talk.politics.misc
- Subject: Re: Fear, hate, and the eternal companion, hate
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 19:43:10 GMT
- Organization: Santa Cruz
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- In article <1993Jan27.080426.5286@netcom.com> phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) writes:
- >In article <lmbsbpINNpk1@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> flar@bendenweyr.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Graham) writes:
- > >In the case of anti-discrimination in employment and housing
- > >laws, the majority of society decides which they would
- > >prefer:
- > >
- > >1. Any employer or property owner may discriminate against
- > >any applicant for any reason. 2. An employer or property
- > >owner may choose which of many applicants they employ/house
- >
- >Wrong.
- >
- >Are you REALLY this stupid or just really dishonest?
- >
-
- More slogans- more name calling.
-
- >The passage of the above laws DOES NOT indicate that the majority of
- >society approves of them. Indeed, the majority do NOT approve of them.
- >Colorado just affirmed that if you are really dense.
-
- This is true- it actually shows how stupid and lazy the majority of
- Americans are. They really don't care, until it affects them
- directly, then will hear 'em screaming. But to take part and make
- active decisions- ho ho ho, there is a Santa Claus.
-
- >
- >What else do you believe along these lines? That the majority wants to
- >drive at a maximum of 55 MPH. They must according to you because that law
- >is on the books.
-
- Well it is nice to know that we may actually derive laws, based on
- rational decisions. We know that the number of traffic fatalities
- has fallen because we do not allow people to go bombing down the
- highway at 90mph. You can built the best cars in the world, but if
- people are behind the wheel, then you just reduced all of its'
- technical wizardry to the competence level of the driver.
-
- And yes, a whole new arena has opened up the war over rights, that
- is called the technological revolution- in some aspects it has helped
- in others it has created new problems.
-
- >
-
- >Or hey, how about the way Congress spends money. The majority must approve
- >that too because it's happening.
- >
- >
-
-
- Yes, the majority does agree, by default. If you make no effort to change
- something, or ignore other's trying to make a change, then by default you
- accept those changes.
-
- Now go ahead and rant/rave about PC, Nazi's or whatever.
-
- But, if you as a citizen benefit from a system that you do not put effort
- into, then tough luck if something comes along that you don't like. If
- the majority sit on their hands- then they have no basis of complaint.
-
-