and sometimes the majority is simply wrong, if everyone agreed murder
was fine, it'd still be ethically and morally wrong if not illegal,
heck Mac users are right and they're in the minority.....;-)
On Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 03:59 PM, Inbred Redneck wrote:
Well said, sir. Group-think based on the ranting of a vocal minority
can sway public perception. As stated on the Black Echo's site, if you
asked 9 out of 10 people if they wanted a Harley Davidson, they'd say
yes, but then 9 out of 10 people don't know sh*t about motorcycles.
Rob J
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Josh Fielek <jfielek@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, this is how laws get changed. At some point in time society
determines that the majority of people think something should be
illegal
and a law is created.
Unless a constitutional amendment is involved, it is generally the
case that a vocal minority pushes for a law and gets enough attention
to get it through, regardless of the majority view.
Drunk driving and drug use used to be winked at by society, until MADD
and the various drug prohibition groups made it an issue, for example.
And most of the stuff that is supported by a majority is supported by
a slim majority.
J
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