--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 9/20/06 2:41:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > "May need more time and help" = "not ready" > <snip> > > > > Needing more time or needing help doesn't mean a country isn't > > ready for democracy. > > Uh, well, yes, it does, by definition. It would be > ready for democracy only if it *didn't* need more time > and help. > > Please explain further.
No explanation necessary, just the plain meanings of the words. > Obviously you don't think Iraq is ready for > democracy. What are the tell tail signs that a country > is "ready" for democracy that doesn't currently have it? Well, just for one thing, it isn't being occupied by foreign troops. Iraq isn't ready for democracy primarily because the U.S. under Bush has fouled it up so badly. > Are there countries that try to adopt Democracy > bet should not have it, because they aren't ready for it? If they aren't ready for it, they won't be *able* to adopt it. That's what "not ready" means. I'm not ready to buy a Rolls-Royce because I don't have the money. He's not ready to vote because he hasn't registered. They aren't ready to go to the movies because they haven't decided which one they want to see. She's not ready to go to work because she isn't dressed. 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/
