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- From: scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn)
- Subject: Re: Freedom, Social Responsibility, Individual Responsibility
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:07:33 GMT
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- Re: people voting seat-belt laws in
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- dickwin@sequent.com (Dick Winningstad) writes:
- : Is what your saying, is that it is all right to limit the freedom of
- : individuals as long as the majority says it's all right?
- : This kind of statement (if I understand you correctly) is contrary to
- : the spirit of the founders who wanted to ensure against a tyranny of
- : the majority with the constitution in general and the Bill of Rights
- : in particular.
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- Hardly what I'm saying. Re-read my short reply to your message. *You*
- were saying that government was limiting what you could do; I was just
- pointing out that often it was the people who voted it in, right or wrong.
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- If you had actually read a previous posting, I am *for* personal
- responsibility.
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- Jeesh. I wish people would actually *read* what other people write. Sort
- of like having an open mind, thoughts going in one ear and out the other,
- through open space...
-
- Scott Linn
- scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com
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