[thecavemaster]

If you want to live in a democratic society, you have to accept the fact that there will always be the ability to make rules by a majority opinion. Does that mean that the majority is always right, and that the laws passed by a majority opinion will always be fair? Not in my book. Just like you had mentioned earlier, racism and sexism were once protected by this country's laws by denying women and minorities the right to vote. But it took a majority of people who believed that these laws were wrong, to fight for what they believed was right.

If you don't make rules by a majority opinion, how do you make them? Allow one person who is very wise to make all the rules? That's a dictatorship. Allow religious groups to do it? That's a theocracy. Just forget about having rules? That's anarchy. Personally, I'll take democracy.

Excellent post...though a constitutional democracy does not enthrone the majority...if you read Jefferson and Madison and Adams, they knew full well the dangers of human nature and how a majority could function. It took the Supreme Court and federal marshals to end Jim Crow and segregation. The funny thing is, that "the kingdom of heaven" (if one believes that) will be a Benevolent Autocracy, with only the Nazarene enthroned. A showing of hands does NOT determine wrong and right and justice and injustice. With that said, Cowbell, I enjoyed reading your post.