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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: 65 MPH?
Message-ID: <10509@amdcad.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 02:38:26 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 02:38:26 1986
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Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
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In article <950@felix.UUCP> daver@felix.UUCP (Dave Richards) writes:
>>Not at all, the law is also supposed to protect minorities against
>>"the tyranny of the majority". (this has nothing to do with 55MPH)
>>
>
>How does this work?  Laws, referendums, ordinances, etc. are passed every
>day by a majority vote.  How can the minority still get what they want?
>If I vote against a law and it passes anyway, can I disregard it?

I was thinking of civil rights legislation, etc. Sure it would be nice
to have a slave but I think it's better for society that slavery is
illegal.
-- 
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  present, and respect the past, knowing that once it was all that was
  humanly possible."

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