Reply #107: Jack, that's carrying democracy a bit far. [View All]

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I think that even the most extreme democracy (even that sounds like a contradiction) would have to be limited to decisions that are made for the benefit of the group. There still must be things left to the individual. Like when to go to the bathroom wouldn't require a vote IMHO. Abortions fit into that category.

That is, you can carry an idea to it's extreme, but then it becomes something else. Mob rule goes beyond democracy.

On reflection, this is one of those cases where the argument becomes about what words mean.

--IMM