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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elroy who wrote (220824)2/25/2005 6:50:13 AM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (2) of 1573559
 
Two rebuttals:
1) the only resistance to democracy in the Middle East is coming from the current despots, theocrats, and Al Qaeda-style terrorists. The vast majority of Muslims in the Middle East want and deserve Democracy.
2) Democracy is not the exception in the world, it is fast becoming the rule. To wit:
freedomhouse.org
" By the close of our century liberal and electoral democracies clearly predominate, and have expanded significantly in the Third Wave, which has brought democracy to much of the post-Communist world and to Latin America and parts of Asia and Africa. Electoral democracies now represent 120 of the 192 existing countries and constitute 62.5 percent of the world’s population."

Not sure how you missed it, Elroy, but Democracy has become very wide-spread and more and more countries are insisting on their Democratic rights. I think you might have missed the recent Ukrainian election and the peaceful Democratic uprising to dispute the results. You might also have missed recent events in Lebanon for the same purpose. You might also have missed the fact that 60%+ Iraqis braved suicide bombers to claim their right to vote in their own Democratic election.

Yes, even Muslims want and are demanding the basic human right of choosing their own leadership in a free election. Contrary to the uninformed, Democracy is not contrary to Islamic law. Democracy is complementary. You can have an Islamic Democracy. It's not about what laws are passed to guide the country. It's about the right of the people to replace their leaders and/or change laws they don't agree with, without fear of political repercussions, retribution, or persecution.

Here's the latest report:
freedomhouse.org
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