fallacy of the majority

"a father's last request"

"a husband and wife had 4 boys.
the odd part of it was that the
older 3 had red hair, light skin,
& were tall,
while the youngest son had black
hair, dark eyes, & was short.

"the father eventually took ill
& was lying on his deathbed
when he turned to his wife & said,
'honey, before i die, be totally
honest with me -- is our youngest
son my child?'

"the wife replied, 'i swear on
everything that's holy that
he is your son.'

"with that the husband passed away.
the wife then muttered,
'thank god he didn't ask about the 3!'"

- http://jokes.comedycentral.com/random_joke.ask?_id=4182

personal reflection:
truth is not always in the majority, in the numbers.
during joseph estrada's presidential campaign,
a priest was interviewed about the famous saying,
'vox populi, vox dei" ("the voice of the people
is the voice of god"). the priest said, the voice
of the people when jesus was being sentenced to
death was "crucify him! crucify him!"
was the truth in them?