[EM] Re: Tyranny of the Majority

[Richard Moore]

DEMOREP1 at aol.com wrote:

> D- From my friendly Webster's Dictionary-
>
> de-moc-ra-cy
> 3. majority rule
>
> ma-jor-i-ty
> 1. the greater part or larger number; more than half of a total.
>
> (Each word has some other definitions).
>
> The good old Oxford Dictionary of the English Language lists the earliest
> mention of words and phrases
>
> I suppose that in this so-called New Age of Politics (of Ignorance and
> Redefinitions) that different folks have different dictionaries.

Often words have connotations that go beyond what is stated in the
dictionary.
In the case of democracy, a definition such as "government in which the
people participate actively" would capture some of these nuances better than
the definition quoted above.

Richard