Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use

Sailor Steve · 07-30-08, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Where does that "tyranny of the masses" concept come from? Here's a link to a whole series of letters and speeches that indicate that Jefferson felt just the opposite.
http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/...s/jeff0500.htm

My apologies. It was Alexis de Tocqueville. I knew it was some dead guy.

:rotfl: "Some dead guy."

I've never read de Tocqueville, and always meant to. I've heard a lot about the French tourist who thought America was the greatest place in the world.

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