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Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi... by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:53PM (#15552347)
Outlawing something that large portions of the population already do can be a pretty worrying thing. It's the perfect breeding ground for selective enforcement.
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Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi... by module0000 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @03:27PM (#15553305)
>> Outlawing something that large portions of the population already do

That in and of itself should signal that we aren't quite as "democratic" as we are told. We are allowed to vote on people who vote on things on our behalf - we are never allowed to vote on laws such as this one(otherwise, it would likely fail).

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Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi... by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @07:08PM (#15555062)
Yes, we are a representative democracy. I thought that was well understood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy

As opposed to the form where voters vote on laws and policies directly:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy

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