I honesty don't know of any better way to do this.
Nor do I have anything against discussing the issues. In fact, I believe that's necessary.
That is a nice opinion, and certainly one that I share, but not necessarily shared by others, and not necessarily shared by the majority of others. If we are going to impose the ideals of a minority on the majority, should we choose your ideals, my ideals, Lenin's, Pol Pot's?
How do you get from a definition of human rights being those that increase individual freedom to the ideals of minority?
This is why I was worried this would lead us off topic.
Please, let's stick to the topic.
The Irish are doing just that in the only sensible manner that is consistent with a functioning democratic society.
And that's great. I was not criticising what they are doing. It's a different situation than what exists in the US. All I was doing was contrasting the methods used here, and stating that popularity of a postition should not be the basis for determining what rights a human has.
Aslan is not a Tame Lion