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Old 01-13-2010, 07:43 PM   #38 (permalink)
ratbastid
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Originally Posted by rahl View Post
I'm sorry but this is just completely false. If the people feel a law is unjust they have the power to vote a new one into law. It took PEOPLE to vote on every single law in this country. They didn't just magically appear on paper one day.
Are you referring to those particular people who have seats in our Legislature? Because if so you're missing the key distinction of this WHOLE conversation between "some particular people who have been elected, in principle to implement the will of the electorate" and "THE people, in general, at large".

I'm really only willing to have a conversation with somebody who will have that conversation with me. I'm not going to do the work it would take to keep up with you if you're going to pull in breakfast foods and John Deere and the red sox and cousin pookie.
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