MAJORITY RULE !

Salam and Dheron Duaien !

DEMOCRACY or DICTATORSHIP?

I came across a 'piece' by Robert J. Ringer which reads :

Next to inflation, majority rule is the most ingenious scheme ever contrived ......... Most people have never dared to question the basic morality or logic in the assumption that the majority should have power over the minority.

A majority of the people in the South {America} once believed in black slavery. Did that make it moral? A lynch mob is majority rule stripped of its fancy trappings and its facade of respectability.

In a community where homosexuals outnumber heterosexuals, should the majority have the right to outlaw sex between married partners of the opposite sex?

In a community where atheists outnumber non- atheists, should the majority have the right to outlaw the practice of religion?

... a dictatorship allows only a small number of people to interfere with the rights of others, a democracy makes it possible for great numbers of people to impose their will on others -- through the force of government. Is an act of aggression more right if carried out by the majority than by a dictator?

{IN MAJORITY RULE} Since approximately half the eligible voters vote this means that approximately 75% of the people are ruled by 25% of the people.