Jwz and Brendan Eich discuss the origins of JavaScript (2010)

Re:Jwz and Brendan Eich discuss the origins of JavaScript (2... by nailer on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @09:31AM (#7515353)

What you've said is true, but this is the nature of democracy. A bloc of /any kind/ can vote away everyone else's freedom.

You might not support that, which is reasonable, there's a lot of Libertarians in tech and I do understand where they're coming from. http://i.imgur.com/fV2tHeu.jpg illustrates the point quite nicely.

However: most people don't understand or agree with this, and believe in democracy and its compromises, including shitty things likes rules that may restrict you based on a majority of opponents.

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Re:Jwz and Brendan Eich discuss the origins of JavaScript (2... by coldpie on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @09:59AM (#7515528)

> A bloc of /any kind/ can vote away everyone else's freedom.

Under the US constitution, this is blatantly false. See, for example, the First through Fourth Amendments, which place restrictions on what sorts of laws can be created.

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Re:Jwz and Brendan Eich discuss the origins of JavaScript (2... by nailer on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @10:16AM (#7515634)

I'm not American, so by no means an expert. Can't the constitution also be modified through vote, either by national convention or via representatives, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_amendment#Federa... ?

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Re:Jwz and Brendan Eich discuss the origins of JavaScript (2... by Solarsail on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @11:41AM (#7516293)

And Prop 8 itself was a constitutional amendment. It was only overturned due to the constitution above it; And that constitution was not amended. (Also speaking as a non-american).

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