[ricpic]

"Next thing you know they'll call us the Great Satan and declare jihad."

And if 51% of them agree with that position, isn't that democracy? And what then?

Our continual pumping of the notion that democracy is the highest value, is coming back to bite us on the butt.

[jerrymdss]

Its not about democracy, its is about a democratic secular government -- you know, seperation of church and state? A decocratic government will promote democracy, but certainly a bunch of Islamists complaining about democracy will not. Lets move on, not much to see here.

[Guillermo]

Quagmire Alert!! Ahhhhh! The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!

[SauronOfMordor]

And if 51% of them agree with that position, isn't that democracy? And what then?

THis is why the US is not a democracy, and hopefully never will be. The US is supposed to be a Constitutional Republic. The difference is that in a Constitutional Republic certain rights are outside the reach of majority vote