W.'s Stiletto Democracy

[dpm]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Darthvoy

Originally posted by: ntdz
What country is the oldest democracy on earth? Oh yeah, the United States. Who is primarily responsible for the spread of democracy around the world? The United States. Why shouldn't we be able to preach democracy?

Just b/c your man lost to Bush in 04 doesn't mean that it's some conspiracy and that Bush is a "dictator." It was a fair election, get over it, democracy is alive and well in the USA.

Actually, the greeks inveted democracy. And please do elaborate on why we should go and start wars and kill people to "spread" democracy

Yeah, but they still had slaves and women weren't allowed a part in the gov't.

Actually, we're not a democracy. We're a representative republic.

I'm a little slow today - was that sarcasm? What with the slaves and the women not being allowed to participate, there are those who say that the US has only been a democracy (republic / whatever) since the 1920s...

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: dpm

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Darthvoy

Originally posted by: ntdz
What country is the oldest democracy on earth? Oh yeah, the United States. Who is primarily responsible for the spread of democracy around the world? The United States. Why shouldn't we be able to preach democracy?

Just b/c your man lost to Bush in 04 doesn't mean that it's some conspiracy and that Bush is a "dictator." It was a fair election, get over it, democracy is alive and well in the USA.

Actually, the greeks inveted democracy. And please do elaborate on why we should go and start wars and kill people to "spread" democracy

Yeah, but they still had slaves and women weren't allowed a part in the gov't.

Actually, we're not a democracy. We're a representative republic.

I'm a little slow today - was that sarcasm? What with the slaves and the women not being allowed to participate, there are those who say that the US has only been a democracy (republic / whatever) since the 1920s...

Why would that have been sarcasm? It's true about the ancient Greeks. And, the US was never a democracy. We're a Republic.

 

[dpm]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: dpm

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Darthvoy

Originally posted by: ntdz
What country is the oldest democracy on earth? Oh yeah, the United States. Who is primarily responsible for the spread of democracy around the world? The United States. Why shouldn't we be able to preach democracy?

Just b/c your man lost to Bush in 04 doesn't mean that it's some conspiracy and that Bush is a "dictator." It was a fair election, get over it, democracy is alive and well in the USA.

Actually, the greeks inveted democracy. And please do elaborate on why we should go and start wars and kill people to "spread" democracy

Yeah, but they still had slaves and women weren't allowed a part in the gov't.

Actually, we're not a democracy. We're a representative republic.

I'm a little slow today - was that sarcasm? What with the slaves and the women not being allowed to participate, there are those who say that the US has only been a democracy (republic / whatever) since the 1920s...

Why would that have been sarcasm? It's true about the ancient Greeks. And, the US was never a democracy. We're a Republic.

Its also true about the US. And I was using democracy / republic interchangably -lazy of me, I know)

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: Sheik Yerbouti
I don't even know how much of a democracy we are anymore. It's moving more towards a 'christian' theocracy. Damn I hate dubya.
Anyone who presumes to know what God would want is a scary individual, and then to force it down everyone's throats as the 'right' way is just wrong. Personally, I THINK that God would want us to accept everyone, regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, etc. Do not judge, lest ye be judged, and I think smacky the clown (aka dubya) is gonna be standing in judgement a long time.

It is always amusing to hear people yap their mouths about the United States drifting closer and closer to a christian theocracy.

Even if we somehow were in the process of destroying the three branches of the govt to make way for a religious leader. In the past year we have seen the 10 commandments thrown out of govt buildings, a religious symbol taken off the "City of Angels" emblem, and numerous attacks on anything that is religion having to do with govt.

I have to wonder what world some people live in. Because when I turn on the news it is like a constant stream of church being seperated from state.