That's true, but mob (majority) rule is also scary: 'In Federalist Paper No. 10, James Madison wrote, “Measures are too often decided, not according to the rul

That's true, but mob (majority) rule is also scary: 'In Federalist Paper No. 10, James Madison wrote, “Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.”' - http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2009/04/abhorrence-of-democracy-and-mob-rule/ http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2009/04/abhorrence-of-demo... Just because lots of people laughed doesn't mean they're correct. Could just mean they were uncomfortable.