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Originally Posted by Sen
On one hand you have people saying that the majority decides what is right and wrong in a democracy, and on the other hand you have some saying that the majority doesn't decide what IS right and wrong, but what course of action we are going to take. In other words, right and wrong are absolute and the majority can be wrong. Cases cited include, slavery, interracial marriage bans and the holocaust. Clearly cases where the majority of the population supported things that, today, we easily agree were wrong.
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I believe our government was/is designed to allow the majority to determine what is right or wrong within limits spelled out in the constitution. And the constitution is somewhat inflexible and can only be modified with great difficulty.