Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
no, the answer is that in a representative democracy you answer to the wishes of the people, even if the people are idiots.
Nonsense! That would be called "a dictatorship of the majority".

Democracy, as we know it, relies heavily on the notion that minority rights are to be respected. If we start ignoring those, then sure, call it democracy all you want, but it will still be a different system than the one we have now.