Compare the Bill of Rights to the English Bill of Rights.

Monarchies and autocracies I listed?

Athens?

The Roman Republic (the model for our government)?

Many pastoral societies and Native American Communities?

The Netherlands?

Also, having democracy doesn't necessarily guarantee freedom.  Iraq was a "democracy".  ; So was the Confederacy.  And South Africa.

Just like a monarchy can have an enormous amount of personal freedom, like England at the time, or Darius' Empire, or Alexander's.

Finally, it has to be pointed out that you are trying to hide behind democracy when you and you're party don't even believe in democracy!

Praying for low voter turnout, giggling that people will support your candidates because they believe the lies you spread and, more or less, openly advocating cheating are highly anti-democratic.

At the heart of why Dems approach elections the way they do and republicans approach them the way they do is a core understanding of what democracy is for.

Dems believe Democracy's purpose is to ensure the government reflects the will of the majority of the people.

Republicans believe Democracy's purpose is to paint a thin veneer of credibility over an aristocratic autocracy operated to benefit a wealthy few.

Democrats believe in Democracy as a moral imperative.

Republicans see it as Peasant Rebellion Prevention.

 

by ProfRich on 08/27/2008 04:53:06 PM EST

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I sometimes find it hard to believe that people like Kenny could be so ignorant, but then I accept and find it very scary

by callisto on 08/28/2008 08:49:45 AM EST

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Go back to the beginning of the thread and read the whole thing.

If it still seems like I failed to address your point, research the places I listed during the appropriate time periods.

Until then, stick to posting about energy technology and the most up to date Gallup polls.

by ProfRich on 08/28/2008 05:11:16 PM EST

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time for you to ignore it for the 3rd time:

WHAT ABOUT THE SLAVES

you talk about personal freedom, sure as long as you're lilly white

or does this reveal how you really think about blacks?

in Nazi Germany, the Nazi elites had a lot of personal freedom, not so much if you were Jewish

by callisto on 08/28/2008 06:49:37 PM EST

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"on the concept of individual freedom. We created the idea and exported it to the world"

are you totally ignorant??????????????????? ?? funny how many of the Founding Fathers got many of their ideas from the French Enlightenment

"In places like Poland and the Czech Republic, they have statues and memorials to Ronald Reagan"

there were plans, as far as I can see, there is no statue at this moment in Prague

"Most of the rest of the world understands that America represents freedom, but Democrats think America represents a free lunch"

most of the world understands that America NOWADAYS stands for torture, war mongering and police state practices when you enter the country

thank god for Hollywood and the rest of the entertainment industry, because without them nothing would be coming out of the US that people love

by callisto on 08/28/2008 06:58:06 PM EST

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