And the police that shot the demonstators were enforcing democracy! Is there
anything that
cannot be spun these days?
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 10:13:03AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
According to Hamid Karzai, the anti-US demonstrations in Afghanistan
(protesting the disrespectful treatment of the Koran by Guantánamo
torturers) are free speech, and a sign that the country is a
democracy. If so, doesn't it imply that Iraq isn't a democracy, since
such demonstrations aren't allowed? (are are they allowed?)
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