Life Is Not Purgatory
Saturday, June 19, 2004
Rehash
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by the majority.
- Originally posted Wednesday, September 17, 2003
I have to ask myself - we live in a supposedly democratic society where we are supposed to respect the rule of law. Why do we insist on attempting to yield our rights to the government over an issue of simple semantics?
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by the majority.
- Originally posted Wednesday, September 17, 2003
I have to ask myself - we live in a supposedly democratic society where we are supposed to respect the rule of law. Why do we insist on attempting to yield our rights to the government over an issue of simple semantics?
