* Gautam Mukunda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dictatorships, by contrast are (so far as I can see it) incredibly > _resistant_ to public pressure. Why wouldn't they be? They don't > listen to their public at home, why would they care about the World > Court? There are many differences between Iraq and the Raj, and > fewer, but still many, differences between Apartheid South Africa and > Iraq. But the most important one is that De Klerk and Attlee were > both elected leaders. Saddam Hussein took power by assasinating his > predecessor. That's a big difference.
A slightly different question: Which is more resistant to transformation to the other, a democracy or a dictatorship? Or are they about the same? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
