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To: Alter Kaker

"[Pinochet] was fighting for democracy?" - Yes, for there's nothing more antidemocratic than communism.


312 posted on 12/10/2006 3:03:16 PM PST by GSlob
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To: GSlob
"[Pinochet] was fighting for democracy?" - Yes, for there's nothing more antidemocratic than communism.

There may not be anything more antidemocratic than communism, but there are plenty of forms of government that are equally anti-democratic.

I think General Pinochet's absolute military dictatorship where freedom of speech, the press and assembly were banned, where elections did not take place, and where political opposition was punishable by death qualifies.

If that's democratic then the word democracy has no meaning.

316 posted on 12/10/2006 3:16:12 PM PST by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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