At 15:30 21-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
> > >It may not be perfect, but it is the best we have. It is certainly > > >better than having one country throwing its cherished principles of > > >democracy overboard and then unilaterally decide to drag the Middle > > >East into another war. > > > >Which principle of democracy are you referring to? > > Typo. Where it says "principles" it should say "principle".
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Well, I'll go in where wiser folks fear to tread. The UN is not a democracy. It is a place where voting occurs, but voting does not make something a democracy.
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You did, however, completely miss the meaning of what I was saying. You mention the UN, but the UN has nothing to do with it. The post is about the US and democracy.BTW, I saw the meaning of JDG's answer immediately.
I could of course explain the meaning of my writings right now. However, I have already challenged Giorgis to use his (ahem) "high level of intelligence and his intellectual superiority over the rest of the world" (ahem) to come up with an explanation of what I meant. I am going to wait for a while, to see what he comes up with (assuming he *does* come up with an explanation).
Jeroen "That might be a while" van Baardwijk
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