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  4. From: scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn)
  5. Subject: Re: Freedom, Social Responsibility, Individual Responsibility
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec23.011135.5262@hpcvca.cv.hp.com>
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  9. Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
  10. References: <BznJx9.JG3@agora.rain.com>
  11. Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:11:35 GMT
  12. Lines: 16
  13.  
  14. lcline@agora.rain.com (Larry Cline) writes:
  15. : >It isn't *government* which is limiting personal freedoms in order to make
  16. : >expenses lower; it's the *people*.  The majority of people voted these
  17. : >seatbelt, helmet, etc. laws into effect, in order to decrease *their*
  18. : >costs.
  19. : 
  20. : I believe the term for this is "tyranny of the majority".
  21.  
  22. Not that I'm defending the concept, but just look at the US government, and
  23. what do you see: the same thing.  The majority votes in who they want for
  24. their representatives, and that is what everyone is stuck with.  If that
  25. rep likes to chop down all the forests (or not chop anything), then that
  26. is what you get.  It is *all* "tyranny of the majority".
  27.  
  28. Scott Linn
  29. scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com
  30.