Minority report :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by JFKAR (United Kingdom), Aug 26, 2013 at 11:15

Well said. I would just add that in addition to safeguarding against the tyranny of the majority, a functioning republic must also safeguard against the tyranny of the minority, while upholding the rights and civil liberties of both the majority and the minorities. No easy task.

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1	The biggest enemy of Islamists? It is turning out to be cameras of smart phones! [290 words]	dhimmi no more	Sep 10, 2013 14:09	209564
2	Doomed if you do, doomed , if you don't [1016 words]	Stonewall Jackson	Aug 31, 2013 10:18	209343
1	Doubling down on my first comment [1181 words]	Stonewall Jackson	Sep 1, 2013 12:39	209343
4	More disaster in US diplomacy in Egypt [153 words]	dhimmi no more	Aug 30, 2013 13:22	209326
2	What do Egyptians think about the link between the MB and the US? [126 words]	dhimmi no more	Aug 27, 2013 07:43	209236
2	Why the US can't respond [166 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Stephen Praibin	Aug 25, 2013 21:49	209214
1	Response to Praibin [161 words]	Bryan Schmick	Aug 27, 2013 02:10	209214
4	Obama uses common sense [133 words]	Lars Nielsen	Aug 25, 2013 04:23	209203
1	oil [18 words]	Bryan Schmick	Aug 27, 2013 02:12	209203
2	Exposing terrorists in Egypt [113 words]	dhimmi no more	Aug 24, 2013 10:38	209196
4	I disagree: he courts Muslim... [79 words]	Julia	Aug 23, 2013 17:16	209186
	Anther View [154 words]	Gunther Schiff	Aug 22, 2013 15:56	209172
1	Looking Behind the Facade of the Current American Foreign Policy [510 words]	M. Tovey	Aug 22, 2013 15:35	209171
	Repeating mistakes [98 words]	David W. Lincoln	Aug 22, 2013 12:19	209166
4	Do we have to ask why? [57 words]	Arnold A. Putnam	Aug 22, 2013 10:42	209163
2	I DISAGREE [102 words]	Joseph Mamelak	Aug 22, 2013 10:41	209162
	misperception and vanity [237 words]	myth	Aug 22, 2013 05:54	209158
	Stop - No Admittance [345 words]	Sentinel	Aug 22, 2013 02:26	209156
4	The United States of America is a Republic NOT a democracy, more specifically, a constitutional federal republic [482 words]	NuritG	Aug 22, 2013 01:29	209155
	greater credence given to previous poster because they assume incompetence instead of unpatriotic ill will [21 words]	Richard A	Aug 24, 2013 01:59	209155
	Minority report [46 words]	JFKAR	Aug 26, 2013 11:15	209155
2	The Emperor Has No Clothes [117 words]	Mark Levick	Aug 21, 2013 23:50	209152
	Government Cheese Trumps Foreign Affairs [96 words]	Dave	Aug 21, 2013 21:13	209151
6	Is Obama inept? [997 words]	Reliapundit	Aug 21, 2013 20:30	209149
8	More disasters for our foreign policy [244 words]	dhimmi no more	Aug 21, 2013 18:43	209145
2	The US lost its prestige in Egypt and therefore the Middle East [198 words]	dhimmi no more	Aug 21, 2013 15:46	209139