Comments on: Wow https://glendalarke.com/2009/04/wow/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:33:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2009/04/wow/#comment-21018 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:12:00 +0000 #comment-21018 Yes, indeed, Christopher. And one of the dangers is that people decide that “they” and “their kind” are the ones who should determine who should have the freedoms and the rights and who should not. The man who made this statement obviously thought not everyone should have equal rights.

Actually, I do remember an interesting conundrum for a democracy not so very long ago. There was a democratic election held in an African country, in which one party stated beforehand their intention of doing away with the constitution if they won, and replacing it with something which was decidedly not going to be democratic, but a rather nasty religious theocracy.

There would never have been another democratic election if they came into power.

And they did win.

So what do you do, hmm?

In this case, the army stepped in and …in the name of democracy… and prevented a democratically elected government from taking power.

Now that’s irony.

]]> By: Christopher Polis https://glendalarke.com/2009/04/wow/#comment-21017 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:19:00 +0000 #comment-21017 Other issues aside, democracy is an institution that can conceivably be ‘destroyed’ / abandoned through its own processes..

]]> By: Helen V. https://glendalarke.com/2009/04/wow/#comment-21016 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:23:00 +0000 #comment-21016 Leaves one speechless, doesn’t it.

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2009/04/wow/#comment-21015 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:14:00 +0000 #comment-21015 I guess my comment is “no comment”. LOL

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