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9th Engineer 10-26-2006 08:02 PM

No, if the majority really does want it then we should do it, that's what a democracy is. If we choose to legalize something though we should be clear about it, and I hope we would have a reason to justify the change more powerful than "well now we wanna do it". If it's legal it's legal, no if-ands-or-buts about it afterward, do you think people are going to be able to do that? I think there's enough ambiguity and chance for harm to keep the law as it is.

JayMcGee 10-26-2006 08:14 PM

so..... mob rule rules?

9th Engineer 10-26-2006 10:44 PM

how about 'let the people choose'. You are using the term 'mob rule' as a negative, but you are calling society a mob. It may or may not be, but either way it deserves the right to shape its own fate.

Flint 10-27-2006 08:55 AM

It does, and we have. What we were discussing (interpretable law) is the way things are done.

9th Engineer 10-27-2006 03:36 PM

My point orginally was that laws should be flexible, but through the use of provisions, not precident alone.


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