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Iron Mike

8 August 2008 - 12:37am

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I think the idea of a League of Democracies is excellent. There is a huge difference between a democracy and a tyranny, and it is a tragedy that this point has to be made on a site such as this.

Well said. One of the greatest epiphanys of my life was serving in third world nation where the people who lived there did not have the freedom to speak their minds and their idea of luxury was a home without a dirt floor. It gave me new appreciation for the definitions of "freedom" and "poverty" which are not truly understood in my country. The difference between us and them is we had freedom of choice; they did not. Success or failure is our own responsibility, not a circumstance of birth.

You are right. How ironic the concept of a League of Democracies would find opposition on a site entitled Open Democracy. I always thought support of democracy was an underlying assumption of those who come here to debate. Well...perhaps with the exception of BC, of course.