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Old 06-19-2008, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Oregon Elephant View Post
So you don't care about democracy?
Since the United States is not a democracy, no.

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Or the will of the people?
What you call the will of the people can just as easily be called tyranny of the majority and I oppose the tyranny of the majority.

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It doesn't matter what principles a nation was founded on,
As far as the United States goes, it does matter.

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Australia began as a prison, does that mea it should always just be a giant prison? No, nations grow up and move on.
I don't consider the United States to be "grown up" in its present form. The big government nanny state is not a grown up government.
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"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

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