http://addy-woodsteacher.blogspot.comWhat is the difference between human rights and majority rule? Well, majority rule means an governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority, and this is a basic rule of democracy. When the candidate of a paticular party receives more than half of the vote, then he will be in charge of the government until the next election comes around. There are times when we(as Americans) don't agree with the majority vote, but there's not much we can do about it. Except expressing our feelings about it and move on.
The framers did not want any faction of the wrong people acting unjustly towards any other faction of people. This allowed for the Constitution to reflect their tyranny about majority rule, especially temporary majorities. This is how they insulated cerain rights(such as freedom of speech) and institutions(such as the Supreme Courts) from the popular vote or choice). The framers, for effective representation of the people, insisted that the majority rule should not be solely rely on the interests or the shifting thoughts of opinion.
Now, everybody may have a defferent view, idea, or opinion about the human rights. In my opinion, our human rights are the rights that we have here in the United States. The rights that are listed in the Constitution. Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Peaceful assembly, etc. These are only a few of the rights that we have. Yet we sometimes take these rights for granted.
We also have the right to keep and bear arms and the right to vote. In statement of these two amendments, Congress can not pass a law against it. But Congress does have the right to lay and collect taxes. Which no one ever likes to pay. To be able to vote here in the United States, you must be eighteen years old, and you must also be an citizen of the U.S.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
What's human rights and majority rule?
What is the difference between human rights and majority rule? Well, majority rule means an governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority, and this is a basic rule of democracy. When the candidate of a paticular party receives more than half of the vote, then he will be in charge of the government until the next election comes around. There are times when we(as Americans) don't agree with the majority vote, but there's not much we can do about it. Except expressing our feelings about it and move on.
The framers did not want any faction of the wrong people acting unjustly towards any other faction of people. This allowed for the Constitution to reflect their tyranny about majority rule, especially temporary majorities. This is how they insulated cerain rights(such as freedom of speech) and institutions(such as the Supreme Courts) from the popular vote or choice). The framers, for effective representation of the people, insisted that the majority rule should not be solely rely on the interests or the shifting thoughts of opinion.
Now, everybody may have a defferent view, idea, or opinion about the human rights. In my opinion, our human rights are the rights that we have here in the United States. The rights that are listed in the Constitution. Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Peaceful assembly, etc. These are only a few of the rights that we have. Yet we sometimes take these rights for granted.
We also have the right to keep and bear arms and the right to vote. In statement of these two amendments, Congress can not pass a law against it. But Congress does have the right to lay and collect taxes. Which no one ever likes to pay. To be able to vote here in the United States, you must be eighteen years old, and you must also be an citizen of the U.S.
The framers did not want any faction of the wrong people acting unjustly towards any other faction of people. This allowed for the Constitution to reflect their tyranny about majority rule, especially temporary majorities. This is how they insulated cerain rights(such as freedom of speech) and institutions(such as the Supreme Courts) from the popular vote or choice). The framers, for effective representation of the people, insisted that the majority rule should not be solely rely on the interests or the shifting thoughts of opinion.
Now, everybody may have a defferent view, idea, or opinion about the human rights. In my opinion, our human rights are the rights that we have here in the United States. The rights that are listed in the Constitution. Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Peaceful assembly, etc. These are only a few of the rights that we have. Yet we sometimes take these rights for granted.
We also have the right to keep and bear arms and the right to vote. In statement of these two amendments, Congress can not pass a law against it. But Congress does have the right to lay and collect taxes. Which no one ever likes to pay. To be able to vote here in the United States, you must be eighteen years old, and you must also be an citizen of the U.S.
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