Carey Fisher - NCS wrote:

> Pure Democracy, otherwise known as "majority rule" is something to be
> mightily feared by people who appreciate individual freedoms such as we
> have in the US.  In a democracy, the majority can vote to take away your
> right to life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness.  In a government of
> law (which the US mostly still is), this generally doesn't happen due to
> safeguards such as the Bill of Rights, three separate but equal branches
> of government, etc. 

When a US-American citizen affirms that the USA is not a democracy and that
democracy is something bad, almost evil, I always wonder why it is then
that the USA has gone to Iraq to bring democracy to the region. (According
to the president at least, that's the reason.) 

Is this a sinister plot by the government to make them take away even the
few individual freedoms they have there? Is this the "hidden" agenda? Do we
need to consider this definition of "democracy" when listening to the
president, to understand what he is really talking about? :)

Gerhard
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