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Old 02-26-08, 09:07 PM   #12
Platapus
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Originally Posted by August
Just curious. How does a representative government ban something that 90% of the population supports?
A representative owes his people not only his industry but his judgement and he betrays them if he sacrifices either to their opinion - Edmund Burke

That's why.
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