As with the lobbying power thread, can a very strong vocal minority view beat down the view of the majority in a democracy?
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Anonymous2005-08-20 13:50
Only if it's a Christian Minority.
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Anonymous2005-08-20 16:32
Yes, if the democracy believes in minority rights.
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Anonymous2005-08-20 20:19
The answer is, it depends on the democracy, which is a word so imprecise as to be nearly meaningless... furthermore, the interpretation of democracy is inconstant within particular nations over time... but at particular points in time in particular nations, the answer has been undoubtedly true america's prohibition.
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Anonymous2005-08-21 10:11
Only if it's leftard.
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Anonymous2005-08-23 17:56
Judging by the amount of uppity negroes I say yes.
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Anonymous2005-08-23 18:49
How in the hell did Spanish get to be on so many signs?
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Anonymous2005-08-24 1:00
Obviously... look at what's happening to Canada now w/ the gay rights
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Anonymous2005-08-27 21:22
Loud minorities *always* win over the majority because the majority *always* stays silent.
If you don't give the impression of caring about an issue, you don't as far as those in power are concerned.
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Anonymous2005-08-28 7:19
>>1
Isn't 99% of complaints to the FCC from only 100 individuals?
Yes.
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Anonymous2005-08-28 12:28
But seriously, how many people are going to make complaints that there should be less nudity restrictions on TV? Or complain that people should stop complaining so much?
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Anonymous2005-08-30 22:56
I expect an answer
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Anonymous2005-09-07 13:36
Well?
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Anonymous2005-09-07 23:19
look here over the canadian boarders, all the same sex marriage arguments. Doesn't that answer your question?