Quote Originally Posted by Ridge View Post
The point is, the wishes of the many outweigh the wishes of the few. More people care about gay marriage and abortion than care about 30rd magazines. The candidate that appeals to the majority will win. As long as the minority continue to marginalize the wishes of the majority, they will see themselves slowly pushed out of the picture to the point that they are no longer relevant and there is nobody left to pander to them.

You get more flies with honey. Be more courteous about the wishes of others, and there is a better chance they will return the favor.
Majority rule=mob rule, that's not how it's supposed to work. "The wishes of the many outweigh the wishes of the few" is a Roddenberry creation and nothing to do with our system of government, you are talking about "democracy" which some folks seem to mistake for our "Representative Republic" which unlike the former allows for safeguarding the rights of the individual or the minority.