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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (94748)4/19/2003 3:19:38 AM
From: Jacob Snyder  Read Replies (4) of 281500
 
I would agree, that religious-based political parties are inherently un-democratic. They have a hard time with the concept of the Loyal Opposition.

<Hmmmm... Part of me wants to agree with this, but....>

But you just can't stand not to meddle.

Now that we have control,
now that our authority is total (except for those pesky clerics who are busily organizing the slums),
just can't stand not jostling their elbows,
guiding them, helping them,
showing them how to do it the RightWay (= the way we do it).

<......we must attempt to influence the constitutional process.....I'm not sure that a Islamic party, however moderate and non-violent.....>

So, you want to tell them what they can and can't have in their constitution, and what kind of political parties they can and can't have.

If you don't allow non-violent legal Islamic parties, what you'll get is violent illegal Islamic parties.

And you call this democracy?
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