JC> 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.
JC> But _most_ people see the B of R the other way.
Many people do, that's true.  But I've noticed that many of the same
groups that say that are still quick to use it to protect their
interests when they find themselves in the minority.  The far right
comes to mind, for example.
JC> I was reading in one of my "disputing the myths" books and as I recall, 
t
  > was Woodrow Wilson who was the first president to call this country a
  > "democracy".
I didn't know he was the first one.  I know we were created a Republic
by a bunch of men who mostly didn't even believe in democracy, but I
didn't know Wilson was the first to call it that.
                     Sondra
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