[alloysteel]

Who ever said democracy was a good thing anyway. "Democracy" is one of those terms redefined according to the person who wants it to mean something which may or may not be that his friends or neighbors have come to believe it should mean. East Germany was "democratic", the Greek Athens city-state was "democratic", one of the two major parties here in the United States calls itself "Democratic", so simply because you may be against "democracy", does not mean you are against personal freedom amd the peaceable pursuit of its rewards.

[B Knotts]

Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch.

[MissAmericanPie]

Democracy fails, that why we should have stayed a Democratic Republic. Unwisely used democracy leads to what we have now, the tyranny of the majority from one side, and the tyranny of the minoirity from the other.

Thus the majority can decide that no one can smoke, demand control of private property, and the minority can successfully demand that a nation made up of 80% Christians cannot have public nativity displays or pray in school, and demand all local government employees speak five different languages.