From: | Georges Metanomski <zgmet(at)yahoo.com> |
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Date: | Thu, 15 May 2008 07:41:28 -0700 (PDT) |
Subject: | Re: [WDDM] Regarding the social network site |
My mistake.=============
The government I mentioned was in fact this group
acting, like a kibbutz, as a direct democracy and
making a majority decision. I still disagree with
the decision, though I accepted that 'society's'
right to make it.
Now I'm a smoker, in the UK. Our government banned
smoking in certain places, because my right to smoke
infringed upon others' right to be free of smoke. It
also concerned our economy, via health provision
issues.
While I disagree with parts of the law, if our
government functioned as a DD and the law had been
decided by the majority, I would have accepted the
majority decision, because that is the duty of a
minority in a democracy. (Equates to your
'sincerity')
The onus would be on me, to then persuade a
majority to my point of view, if I chose to do so.
I have to restate my objection to the issue of==============
eating meat being a function of government, other
than in extreme circumstances, as explained
previously.