Reply #119: That's Total Bullshit

[Beetwasher]

It has nothing to do w/ what "the people" want. If you want to just argue "whoever has the most power gets what they want" fine, that may be true, but then you're not discussing the constitution, or constitutional rights, or even majority opinion, you're discussing the dynamics of power, and it has nothing to do w/ majority opinion or the constitution.

The majority doesn't "enforce" anything. It's actually a small minority that "enforces" things in this country. Bush is "enforcing" his ideas on this country merely by ignoring the constitution and doing whatever the fuck he wants. Majority opinions are irrelevant.

If a nuke went off and the majority DIDN'T want to toss the constitution, do you think that would stop Bush or the gov't from doing so anyway if THEY wanted to? No, it wouldn't and that means, as I said, majority opinion is IRRELEVANT when you're discussing power dynamics (which is what you switched the converstation to). And it's ALSO irrelevant when you're discussing constitutional rights, which exist precisely to protect the minority FROM the majority (which is what we were originally discussing). Back to my main point: Majority opinion is irrelevant in such a situation as a nuke going off, in that case, it's all about power dynamics anyway. And in cases of constitutionality, majority opinion is irrelevant as the Constitution exists precisely to protect the minority in such situations.