That's an excellent point well made. The logic of democracy is trumped by the logic of real life. However, in this issue I don't think we're talking about a 49

That's an excellent point well made. The logic of democracy is trumped by the logic of real life. However, in this issue I don't think we're talking about a 49-51% split. This is a very powerful minority imposing their will of a largely silent majority. Your logic still stands though: At what point do we break our union. Anonymous's action indicate to me that we may well have reached that point.