But if an overwhelming amount of people in the US want this then shouldn't their representitives then vote for it? We are a Representational Republic. I don't see how anyone gets "bullied" into anything when an overwhelming majority support it.
The reason we are a Republic and not a Democracy is that the majority is not always right. We vote for representatives because we trust them to decide on issues based on what is right, not on what is popular.
I agree up to a point. While the representatives vote for what is right...right is a relative term. What you may think is right and what I think is right are two different things. Even then let's be realistic. Politicians pander to special interests and also to those group of voters who vote. I don't believe that this is a wrong thing only that is the way the system works.
Time for lunch...food and exercise first...political discussions second.
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Re: Ratification of an ammendment
on 26 Feb 2004 09:47 (UTC)Re: Ratification of an ammendment
on 26 Feb 2004 10:45 (UTC)Re: Ratification of an ammendment
on 26 Feb 2004 11:03 (UTC)Time for lunch...food and exercise first...political discussions second.