Yonah Russ wrote: > I don't think so at all- I just think that the laws in a democracy are > usually reasonably in line with the majority of the constituents. While "Majority rules" is a very important basis of democracy, it is very far from being the only one. Two others that come to mind are "Minority rights and legitimacy" (i.e. - it's ok to be a minority, you should not be harassed merely for not being part of the majority) and "Pluralism of thought". Without these later two, no country is a democracy. Add to this the generally good idea of "avoid doing by law what can be achieved using self regulation", and you have all the markings of a bad law. > The laws are made by people chosen to make laws. The citizens in this > country chose those people to make those decisions. Which makes the parliament directly responsible for the citizens to make reasonable laws. What's the point? > I don't think almost any government is perfect- just hopefully a > lesser evil. But, in this case, an evil non the less. > -Yonah Let me flip the question for you. Please explain why is this proposed law better than, say, the ISPs offering a "Kosher Internet" service at a modest price to those parents interested in such a service?
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