Re: dumbocracy

From: Hagbard Celine (hagbard@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Tue Jun 24 1997 - 17:03:59 MDT


Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:

> Democracy is by its very nature morally repugnant, and
> making it more efficient only makes it moreso. Every man's life,
> liberty, and property is his own, and not even a 99.9% vote of his
> countrymen justifies interference with his rights.

I guess where we disagree is that in my moral universe one's own liberty
and property are never more important than another person's life.



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