[TowerTalk] Neighbors "rights"

[Joe Giacobello]

Bill, you're quite right.  Those words are not used in the B of R 
itself.  However, since the government serves only with the consent of 
the majority (or, at least, a plurality), it is understood that it 
represents the majority.  Consequently, texts and journal articles on 
this subject often capsulize the purpose and meaning of the B of R by 
 the "...tyranny of the majority." phrase which I used.  I will write 
you privately on this subject.

73, Joe

Bill Turner wrote:

>On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:52:04 -0400, Joe Giacobello <k2xx at swva.net>
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>>That higher authority is called the Bill of Rights, the first 
>>ten amendments to the Constitution.  Its specified purpose 
>>was the protection of the minority from the tyranny of the majority.
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>There is no such thing specified in the Bill of Rights.  I just
>downloaded the BOR from http://memory.loc.gov/const/bor.html and did a
>search for both "majority" and "minority".  Neither word appears in
>the document.
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>In fact, most of the ten amendments protect the people (the vast
>majority) from tyranny by government officials (the tiny minority)
> - just the opposite of what you state.
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>I think we've reached the point where emotions have outpaced logic.
>Maybe it's time to give it a rest.  All those in favor, raise a tower.
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