Ok just a question why is it that an ENGLISH news orginization is running this story before of an American one does, when this is happening in AMERICA? It doesn't invalidate it I just find it odd that the Guardian, a newspaper that TO MY KNOWLEDGE is not printed outside of the UK, is running a story that does not involve the UK in anyway (At least that I am aware of).
Any OT, almost everything I was going to say has already been said by this guy below (And probably many others) so I'll just quote him and say that this was a triumph on the part of the judge.
Any OT, almost everything I was going to say has already been said by this guy below (And probably many others) so I'll just quote him and say that this was a triumph on the part of the judge.
Matt_LRR said:No, a ruling that the FCC did not have sufficient regulatory authority to prevent news stations from telling outright lies makes it legal for news stations to tell straight out lies. (a claim which itself is only half true).Konrad Curze said:I am assuming you mean this as sarcasm but the simple fact is that the constitution is bad news for democracy. The people voted against gay marriage. Lets not forget that the constitution also makes it legal for news stations to tell straight out lies.Matt_LRR said:yeah, that whole defence of the constitution thing, real bad news for democracy.Konrad Curze said:Ahh its a dark day for democracy.
Even worse since this already happened and Prop 8 had to come along to fix it.
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point 1: The US is a republic, not a democracy. A republic being a representative deomcracy - the basis of which is that representatives act in the interest of their constituents, not necessarily according to their wishes.
point 2: go read up on tyranny of the majority. Just because an idea is popular doesn't make it just or right.
point 3: the constitution is held as the basic operating rules for all of american democratic process. Without it (and defense of it against misguided and prohibited populist action) your democracy is meaningless - it is but a dictatorship of the many.
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