RE: Democracy?

[Greg Peisert <gpeisert@jamesgregory.com>]

So, you would advocate a pluralist democracy, abandoning the notion of a 
representative government? Are you aware of why the founders set things up 
as they did, and of the problems throughout history with respect to the 
tyranny of mob rule at the expense of the rights and liberties of 
minorities?

-- Greg Peisert


On Thursday, February 04, 1999 12:25 PM, Hegge, Roy 
[SMTP:Roy_Hegge@adc.com] wrote:
> How about referendum and recall?  I wish that we had these in Minnesota. 
  How about something similar on a federal level.
> How about no closed sessions for our elected officials?
> How about really posting bills and proposed modfications to public places 
(web sites) prior to consideration within Congress?
>
> A comment that I have heard from both Henry Hyde and Orrin Hatch (and I'm 
sure others on the Hill) during this recent turmoil
> goes something like this (I have to paraphrase because I cannot remember 
the exact words) 'We are not here to be swayed by
> public sentiment (the will of the people), we have a higher calling to 
the law of the land.'  i.e. we are no longer representatives
> but rather rulers.
>
> Roy Hegge
>
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