Ron H. writes:
> Are you suggesting that a government can be a democracy without having any
> protection for the rights of minorities? Does that mean you do not have to
> have respect for a minorities lives or property?? How about their political
> rights? Can you respect their lives without respecting their property? How
> about an artist or writer's right to their work.
Democracy just means rule by the people. I don't see anything in that
definition which specifies that minorities' rights have to be respected.
The American democracy initially allowed slavery, and I think the ancient
Greek version did as well.
Hal
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