--- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > " And I have to disagree with the premise, that Islamic > > > countries are not ready for Democracy. I think any > > > civilized people are ready for it, but may need more > > > time and help depending on what their previous > > > experiences have been". > > > > "May need more time and help" = "not ready" > > I mean that what they have in Islamic culture, is a Theocracy: A > government based in 'Supreme religious authority'... > Therefore there is no seperation of church and state, which is the > corner-stone of our democracy...
I wouldn't call it THE "cornerstone", it may be one of them and is certainly not something that makes or breaks a democracy. Canada doesn't have the separation of church and state. Up until about 8 years ago (when they amended the constitution for Quebec) all public schools in Quebec were either Protestant or Catholic. Jews were deemed "Protestant" and sand hymns every morning like everyone else...I went to a "Protestant" grade school where 90% of the kids and 90% of the faculty were Jewish and no one complained. The Quebec National Assembly has a Cross of Jesus over the Speaker's Chair. It is the tradition of the Members of Quebec's National Assembly to, upon both entering and leaving the chamber, to bow before the Speaker's Chair...and it isn't clear whether they are bowing to the Speaker or to Jesus. > So, in that situation, you either have a King of a Theocracy. > And that is what all of the Arab countries in the middle east have. > Either a king or a dictator. > Simply incompatible...with free thinking, and equal rights. very > fascist really... > R.G. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
