[Rhodes22-list] Political: Majority rule

[Saroj Gilbert]

Oh Stan... you're the best.... how you find so few words to say so much is 
beyond me, but I truly love it...

Saroj
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From: "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com>
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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Political: Majority rule


> See, we both think alike:  It is easy to be generous with other people's 
> lives.  Anyone who wants to make the world over in our own image may try 
> to do so with their own lives.  Why come after mine?
>
> stan/ec
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Philip Esteban" <3drecon at comcast.net>
> To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:19 PM
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Political: Majority rule
>
>
>> It is easy to be generous with other people's labour ($$).  Anyone who 
>> wants
>> to feed the world may try to do so with their own labours.  Why come 
>> after
>> mine?
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Robert Skinner
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:27 AM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Political: Majority rule
>>
>>
>> Steve wrote:
>>> ...
>>> There is a concept in a republic; majority rules.  And
>>> that is fare...
>>
>> 1.  Untempered majority rule is equivalent to tyranny for
>>    the minority.  Guess that blacks, jews, latinos, or
>>    any but WASPs get no breaks under your rules.
>>
>> 2.  The use of the word "fare" is ironic.  In the completely
>>    free market, if you can't pay for food, you starve.  Of
>>    course, desperate people can't steal from you if you cut
>>    their hands off, like other fundamentalists...
>>
>> How do these consequences of what you advocate mesh with
>> "compassionate conservatism"?  Or do you agree that this
>> phrase is oxymoronic?
>>
>> Moderation is more than a word.  It is a way of life.
>> Blind obedience or pursuit of absolute power is a way
>> of death.
>>
>> Jai Bahgwan,
>> /Bob
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