[gotribe]

"I have never been convinced that war was the best system to make a country democratic and help it escape dictatorship, even a bloody one," Berlusconi was quoted as saying by La7."

Can someone with better history sense tell me if there has ever been a democracy born without violence? Seems to me that all the ones I'm familiar with were born of war or revolution.

[Hugin]

"I have never been convinced that war was the best system to make a country democratic and help it escape dictatorship, even a bloody one," Berlusconi was quoted as saying by La7."

Hmmmm...does Mussolini ring a bell?

[CommieCutter]

Well it seems like the World benefited from Italy being in the losers column of WW2.