-=> Quoting Sondra Ball to Jim Casto <=-
JC> Kinda sorta like "no one notices the atrocities that are inflicted upon
the
> minority by the majority." (BTW, my prof will tell you that the Bill of
ig
> was written to protect the _minority_ FROM the _majority_.)
SB> I am acutely aware of the fact that the bill of rights was made to
SB> protect the minority from the majority. Tyranny of the majority is a
SB> real, and a terrible, force.
But _most_ people see the B of R the other way.
I was reading in one of my "disputing the myths" books and as I recall, it
was Woodrow Wilson who was the first president to call this country a
"democracy".
Jim
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