RE: Leftwing Newspaper Gone Too Far?
December 27, 2012 at 9:12 pm
(This post was last modified: December 27, 2012 at 9:16 pm by Lion IRC.)
(December 27, 2012 at 2:44 am)SkyMutt Wrote:I'm not trying to be expansive - the reduction is deliberate. It really can be simplified in just that way.(December 26, 2012 at 8:55 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: Yes. Might = right.
Right...as in the majority has the collective the right to do whatever it wants. So the context is anthropology.
Anthropology is still a very broad category. We are not talking of some sort of Hobbesian "state of nature" here, but rather of a Western civilization in the early 21st century. Your simplistic "might=right" equation is completely inadequate to describe its workings.
(December 27, 2012 at 2:44 am)SkyMutt Wrote: ...The majority in the United States does not have "the collective the right to do whatever it wants," and if you believe that it does, I suggest you try reading up on the laws of that country.
Yes they do.
I suggest you try reading up on the laws of that country prior to the war of independence. No parliament can pass a law that binds future parliaments.
The same mandate of the masses which ratifies a Constitution can UNratify or create a new/different Constitution.
And your quaint notions about "The Law" didnt prevent these folk from taking it into their own hands.
(December 27, 2012 at 2:44 am)SkyMutt Wrote: ...You've ignored my point about the inherent protections in the Constitution of the United States against a tyranny of the majority.The are not inherent. They are provisional. The protection of minorities has (and needs) the assent of the majority.
(December 27, 2012 at 2:44 am)SkyMutt Wrote: ...I would reinforce that by stating that well established legal precedent in the U. S. also thwarts a tyranny of the majority.
Legal precedent? You do know who pays the wages of the judiciary dont you? Tax-payers/voters.
(December 27, 2012 at 2:44 am)SkyMutt Wrote: ...I'd hate to think you're ignoring my point simply because it refutes your position.You have to make a refutation before I can ignore it.