~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, David Sternlight wrote:
At 1:47 AM -0700 7/19/96, Cerridwyn Llewyellyn wrote:
Allow the government to think that we think it has the right to give us their permission and we've lost everything. The government should need OUR permission, not the other way 'round.
...This is a (as far as it goes) a democracy, not a 'Llewyellyn and those who agree with him' dictatorship.
Actually, for what it's worth, this (meaning the US) is a Constitutionally limited democratic republic, NOT a dictatorship of the majority, the proletariate, etc. That has been tried and failed too many times to mention. Read the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution for further enlightenment. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~