On the surface, the principles of majority rule and the protection of individual and minority rights would seem contradictory.

从表面看，多数决定与保护个人和少数派权利的原则似乎相互矛盾。

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Texas has gradually set up a surface water rights system in the past 100 years.

在过去的100多年中，美国得克萨斯州逐步建立了一套地表水水权制度。

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To some extend, the commonality benefit is harmed if infringing the surface-water irrigation rights without compensation for limited water resources, so this is external diseconomy action.

违规取用地表水灌溉，在水资源有限的情况下，从一定程度上损害了公共利益，并对他人不能进行补偿，因而是一种外部不经济的行为。

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Even civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson admits that on the surface, Gary,Indiana seems an unlikely location for a tribute to one of the world's most popular musicians.

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Now, in the urban areas, we're discovering that most of the surface owners also own the mineral rights.

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"We seek to provide a platform where people can share and surface content, messages and ideas freely, while still respecting the rights of others, " Levine said.

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But something like 50 feet below the surface, they cease to be the owner and somebody else can buy those rights.

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