we have a representative democracy rather than a direct democracy, but it is still a democracy. iran, on the other hand, only has as much of a democracy as the mullahs allow.
On 6/15/09, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > But isn't the US also not a "true democracy?" Isn't it more akin to a > republic? > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Vivec wrote: >> >> > >> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election >> > >> > There certainly seems to be an overwhelming number of people that feel >> > the elections were rigged in some way. >> > >> > Democracy in action? >> > >> >> They have the forms of democracy, but not democracy as we understand it in >> the West. In constitutional terms, the Judiciary branch of the Iranian >> government (the mullahs) trumps the Executive and Legislative branches of >> government. Not a true democracy. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298451 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
