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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Mob rule? Maybe. I'd like to call it the tyranny of the majority. It's not the first time it's happened. But as was mentioned above, that's what constitutions and bills are for: to prevent the majority from deciding on civil rights.
I don't think this will necessarily lead to a slippery slope of Islamophobia, as the world response to such matters in Switzerland would get heavier and graver with each step in that direction.
I think Switzerland needs to fix their political process.
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Without looking in wikipedia I cant remember if it was JS Mill or his dad (or even Jeremy Bentham?) who coined the phrase... but of what matter
The tyranny majority is not much different to the rule of the mob, the rope around the neck of the lynched man... when the government forbids you to build a church how you like because you happen to be a Muslim, I expect you start to feel scared and hostile.
The Swiss had made a grave and dispicabl error. It is true that they perhaps they will be shocked by what they have done, and back off. Or perhaps not. No one who is sane would predict another Auschwitz, but the end point of this could be something like segragated America in the 40's.