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02-26-08, 09:07 PM

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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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