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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Quite true. I do, however, look forward each year, at Christmas time, when Mrs. O'Right's aunt sends us a big box of some kickass chocolate. 
Yeah, I know, that has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand. But, I'm still waiting for that package to arrive. |
Coincidentally, within about an hour of your post, my SO returned home from a crazy kitchen surplus sale and dropped over 1.5 pounds (I'm not exaggerating) of Swiss dark chocolate next to me here on my desk. She bought it for me because it was on sale, and "just because." I'm a big fan of Swiss dark chocolate, don't get me wrong.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
maybe this will turn out to be one of those moments that marks the furthest reach of neo-fascist ideas for a while [...]
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I am tending to think that this will pass. To me this looks like a right-wing political group cherry-picking 100,000 signatures to get it to a vote, and then through some kind of hysteria and confusion it happens to pass. I can just imagine the sort of propaganda (beyond the posters) that these guys shovelled into even their most tenuous supporters.
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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
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.
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The distinct difference in my mind is that mob rule tends to be more amorphous in structure, whereas the tyranny of the majority actually has a process. At least the latter is easier targeted so it can be dealt with.