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So is liberty, and so is life, and we deprive convicts of those rights too.
> If there's one demographic that should be allowed their say on what society feels is legal and illegal, it's those who society has chosen to punish.
That's a bit of a non-sequitur: why should those who have chosen to violate the social compact have a voice in it?
> Otherwise, you create the possibility of a tyranny of a minority which comprises the majority of the electorate.
That's also a non-sequitur: if they are disenfranchised, they're no longer part of the electorate.
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So is liberty, and so is life, and we deprive convicts of those rights too.
> If there's one demographic that should be allowed their say on what society feels is legal and illegal, it's those who society has chosen to punish.
That's a bit of a non-sequitur: why should those who have chosen to violate the social compact have a voice in it?
> Otherwise, you create the possibility of a tyranny of a minority which comprises the majority of the electorate.
That's also a non-sequitur: if they are disenfranchised, they're no longer part of the electorate.