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- From: swann@divsun.unige.ch (SWANN philip)
- Subject: Re: Lesbian/Gay Rights and the Cognitive Science Meeting
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.133545.28410@news.unige.ch>
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- Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
- References: <2111@blue.cis.pitt.edu> <1993Jan22.141136.16840@news.unige.ch> <BURKE.93Jan24131538@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:35:45 GMT
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- In article <BURKE.93Jan24131538@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu>, burke@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Robin Burke) writes:
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- > Do you really believe that once "the majority has spoken," there is
- > nothing that anyone can do?
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- Of course not. You can wait a few years and try again. You can try to
- convince the Supreme Court(s) that the vote was unconstitutional etc. etc.
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- > But the issue here is not opinions, but behavior.
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- The issue concerns neither opinions nor behavior. Democracy is a game
- we agree to play because it is in our mutual interest. If you don't like losing
- and you can't accept the rules when they work against you, then those of us who
- accept the constraints will do our best to expose you as a cheat.
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- - philip swann
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