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 | | From: | usenet at isbd.co.uk | | Subject: | Re: Hunting is banned! | | Date: | 25 Nov 2004 12:52:43 GMT |
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 | In sci.agriculture.poultry Rooney wrote: > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:56:19 +0000 (UTC), Lensman > wrote: > > >Just because I dont like it, doesn't give me the right to prevent others > >from doing it by some instrument of state. > > Er, it does if you're a majority. > They just can't get their heads around the idea of democracy, these > people. > So every minority pursuit should be made illegal?
-- Chris Green
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 | | From: | Rooney | | Subject: | Re: Hunting is banned! | | Date: | Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:48:37 +0000 |
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 | On 25 Nov 2004 12:52:43 GMT, usenet@isbd.co.uk wrote:
>In sci.agriculture.poultry Rooney wrote: >> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:56:19 +0000 (UTC), Lensman >> wrote: >> >> >Just because I dont like it, doesn't give me the right to prevent others >> >from doing it by some instrument of state. >> >> Er, it does if you're a majority. >> They just can't get their heads around the idea of democracy, these >> people. >> >So every minority pursuit should be made illegal?
Why's that then? Or do you mean every minority pursuit that the majority believes is wrong?
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 | | From: | BAC | | Subject: | Re: Hunting is banned! | | Date: | Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:16:01 -0000 |
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 | "Rooney" wrote in message news:7kobq05opiuofsg0igf1fr3es8o6h6gc5q@4ax.com... > On 25 Nov 2004 12:52:43 GMT, usenet@isbd.co.uk wrote: > > >In sci.agriculture.poultry Rooney wrote: > >> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:56:19 +0000 (UTC), Lensman > >> wrote: > >> > >> >Just because I dont like it, doesn't give me the right to prevent others > >> >from doing it by some instrument of state. > >> > >> Er, it does if you're a majority. > >> They just can't get their heads around the idea of democracy, these > >> people. > >> > >So every minority pursuit should be made illegal? > > > Why's that then? Or do you mean every minority pursuit that the > majority believes is wrong? >
Shouldn't that be every minority pursuit that the majority (of those with their hands on the levers of power) believes is so wrong that a ban is justified?
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 | | From: | Rooney | | Subject: | Re: Hunting is banned! | | Date: | Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:27:15 +0000 |
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 | On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:16:01 -0000, "BAC" wrote:
> >"Rooney" wrote in message >news:7kobq05opiuofsg0igf1fr3es8o6h6gc5q@4ax.com... >> On 25 Nov 2004 12:52:43 GMT, usenet@isbd.co.uk wrote: >> >> >In sci.agriculture.poultry Rooney wrote: >> >> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:56:19 +0000 (UTC), Lensman >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >Just because I dont like it, doesn't give me the right to prevent >others >> >> >from doing it by some instrument of state. >> >> >> >> Er, it does if you're a majority. >> >> They just can't get their heads around the idea of democracy, these >> >> people. >> >> >> >So every minority pursuit should be made illegal? >> >> >> Why's that then? Or do you mean every minority pursuit that the >> majority believes is wrong? >> > >Shouldn't that be every minority pursuit that the majority (of those with >their hands on the levers of power) believes is so wrong that a ban is >justified? >
Yes, that would make sense.
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 | | From: | Robert Seago | | Subject: | Re: Hunting is banned! | | Date: | Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:28:22 +0000 (GMT) |
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 | > > > > Er, it does if you're a majority. > > They just can't get their heads around the idea of democracy, these > > people. > > > So every minority pursuit should be made illegal?
The problem is that the majority don't feel they like their property violated by a loud minority.
-- Regards from Robert Seago : http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/rjseago
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 | | From: | Steve Terry | | Subject: | Re: Hunting is banned! | | Date: | Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:01:16 +0000 |
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 | On 25 Nov 2004 12:52:43 GMT, usenet@isbd.co.uk wrote:
>In sci.agriculture.poultry Rooney wrote: >> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:56:19 +0000 (UTC), Lensman >> wrote: >> >> >Just because I dont like it, doesn't give me the right to prevent others >> >from doing it by some instrument of state. >> >> Er, it does if you're a majority. >> They just can't get their heads around the idea of democracy, these >> people. >> >So every minority pursuit should be made illegal?
Yes if it's obscene, cruel, deviant and perverted. Unless of course it's the bedroom then there will be clauses.
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 | | From: | Michael Saunby | | Subject: | Re: Hunting is banned! | | Date: | Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:01:27 -0000 |
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 | wrote in message news:30m2srF31nj86U6@uni-berlin.de... > In sci.agriculture.poultry Rooney wrote: >> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:56:19 +0000 (UTC), Lensman >> wrote: >> >> >Just because I dont like it, doesn't give me the right to prevent >> >others >> >from doing it by some instrument of state. >> >> Er, it does if you're a majority. >> They just can't get their heads around the idea of democracy, these >> people. >> > So every minority pursuit should be made illegal?
Not all, just usenet, hunting, and vegetarianism.
Michael Saunby
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