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That's why I believe the majority defines what is "normal" and the others have to abide by their laws.
True, but civilized majorities respect minorities.

Here is the all-time best discussion of majority rule, by Piet Hein.

MAJORITY RULE

His party was the Brotherhood of Brothers,
and there were more of them than of the others.
That is, they constituted that minority
which formed the greater part of the majority.
Within the party, he was of the faction
that was supported by the greater fraction.
And in each group, within each group, he sought
the group that could command the most support.
The final group had finally elected
a triumvirate whom they all respected.
Now, of these three, two had final word,
because the two could overrule the third.
One of these two was relatively weak,
so one alone stood at the final peak.
He was: THE GREATER NUMBER of the pair
which formed the most part of the three that were
elected by the most of those whose boast
it was to represent the most of the most
of most of most of the entire state --
or of the most of it at any rate.
He never gave himself a moment's slumber
but sought the welfare of the greater number.
And all people, everywhere they went,
knew to their cost exactly what it meant
to be dictated to by the majority.
But that meant nothing, -- they were the minority.



guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Apr 17th, 2006 at 08:03:44 PM EST
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Migeru, that was an excellent addition, couldn't take off the smile off my face while reading it. Thanks! :)

Be careful! Is it classified?
by darin (dkaloyanov[at]gmail.com) on Tue Apr 18th, 2006 at 05:29:16 AM EST
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It wasn't really meant seriously... or maybe it was. I misunderstimate my own intentions sometimes.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Apr 19th, 2006 at 06:33:30 PM EST
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