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Originally Posted by tammycravit
And, to agree with and extend your point, one of the functions of the law is to protect the rights of unpopular or disfavored minorities from " the tyranny of the majority". That is, part of the function of the law (and of a Constitution/Charter of Rights & Freedoms/etc.) is to ensure that mob rule cannot vitiate the rights of a member of a minority. And here, in this thread, we see exactly why the law is concerned with such things. |
And you would put such people as pedophiles in the same category as "unpopular or disfavored minorities"????
And kennyc: I understand when you say "YOU do not get to decide!" But don't we really? We elect these people upholding our laws, we vote to make these laws, and we decide as a people, how we want our society to be.
So which is it? Let the inmates take over just so we can say "we didn't hurt their feelings by telling them "NO, you can't do this in our society!"
When did the human population become a bunch of woosie's?"
When did we decide we were better off turning our heads and closing our eyes to what we know is wrong, just for the sake of not "hurting someones feelings"????