Tyranny

The <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/11/build/state/65-smoking-ban.inc" target="_new">tyranny of the majority</a> marches on.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>In 2002, a statewide poll conducted by Harstad Strategic Research for anti-smoking groups found widespread support for smoking bans. <br />n<br />nAmong 602 registered voters, 66 percent favored and 29 percent opposed such bans, according to the poll.</blockquote><br />n<br />nSo, if a majority of people found noisy children a nuisance the government would ban children? Just because its a majority don't make them right. Remember, in the 19th century a majority of southerners thought slavery was the right and decent way to do things. We all know better but they were a majority.<br />n<br />n<b>The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny. Edmund Burke</b>