Originally Posted by Mellowicious
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That's not government imposing itself on the rights of citizens, or telling citizens what they can do - that's government carrying out the expressed wishes of citizens.
And if it were the wishes of the citizens that you could not paint your house yellow...or that you could not own a Chihuahua? Would not that still be government imposing itself "in the name of the people"?

All a referendum does in this type of regulation of privately-owned property is substitute the tyranny of the mob invoking government power for some bureaucracy directly invoking it.

Afterthought: Putting SPQR on something does not make it right.

Last edited by Ron G.; 08/21/07 04:56 PM.
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