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  1. Xref: sparky seattle.general:4245 pnw.general:3042 alt.society.civil-liberty:7033
  2. Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general,alt.society.civil-liberty,misc.talk.poli
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!van-bc!nwnexus!seanews!kopachuk!dcb
  4. From: dcb@kopachuk.uucp (David Breneman)
  5. Subject: Re: Freedom, Social Responsibility, Individual Responsibility
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.213521.3072@kopachuk.uucp>
  7. Organization: Tacoma Screw Products, Inc.
  8. References: <1992Dec20.211114.3823@sequent.com> <1992Dec21.210708.17518@hpcvca.cv.hp.com> <BznJx9.JG3@agora.rain.com>
  9. Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:35:21 GMT
  10. Lines: 19
  11.  
  12. In article <BznJx9.JG3@agora.rain.com> lcline@agora.rain.com (Larry Cline) writes:
  13. >In article <1992Dec21.210708.17518@hpcvca.cv.hp.com> scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn) writes:
  14. >>
  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. >
  21. >I believe the term for this is "tyranny of the majority".
  22. >
  23.  
  24. Or how about "mob rule".
  25.  
  26. -- 
  27. David Breneman     Sys Admin, Tacoma Screw Products, Inc. |  ____  ____  ____
  28. dcb@tacoma.uucp           |   SCREWIE the TSP CLOWN sez-  |   /   /___  /___/ 
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