Yonah Russ wrote:
On 3/2/07, *Peter* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
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You are of course assuming that the laws are perfect and consistent, and
constant. The laws are made by a few people who think that they are in a
position to judge for many, and who strongly believe that they can
foretell what the others will or might do in a given situation.
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. The
laws are made by people chosen to make laws. The citizens in this
country chose those people to make those decisions.
I don't think almost any government is perfect- just hopefully a lesser
evil.
-Yonah
there is a democratic way of effecting the legislation process - public
opinion (via demonstrations, via the press, via the awfull lobbing, etc).
so, if "enough" people tell their government that they are against this
law - it might change. see, for example, what happened with the new
copyright law discussions in some knesset comity - people came to
participate, and had a chance to influence the new law.
--guy
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