>>>>The bottom line is that the general public is against it
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>>>I think you're advocating tyranny of the masses here, which during the making of our country was identified as a great evil.
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>>Haha, so you think our form of government invokes the tyranny of the masses? I've heard congress described in many different terms but . . . .
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>No. I think that when you say "The bottom line is that the general public is against it" then you are invoking tyranny of the masses. I'm saying that we should avoid that.

Well, you can couch it in those terms if you want. However, when such a majority of the people are against something, the legislators tend to react that way. I wouldn't call that tyranny of the masses.