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I am delighted to be able to agree with Neil Francis, for once. The very idea
of government by constant plebiscite is horrifying, since it would be the
antithesis of democracy - if you believe that "democracy" should mean pretty
much the same thing as "free society". Parliamentary democracy is supposed
(Hah!) to protect us from the tyranny of the majority as much as from the
malign, selfish interests of the few. I don't know about others, but I can't
walk through a town without reflecting gloomily that the shaven-headed
tattooed thug swigging lager across the street has a vote worth just as much
as mine - and there are an awful lot of people who share his mindless,
kneejerk, fascist view of society. Somebody once said that while the majority
is always wrong, the minority is often right - anathema to many liberal
types, but it's the reason why too much government, whether of the plebiscite
or Parliamentary variety, is a bad thing.
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