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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (131185)	5/3/2004 5:15:18 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

No.. there you go in trying to that I'm against an Islamic state, ELECTED by the people... No I didn't. I said it reminds me of what Rumsfeld said. You have your opinion of what should be allowed in a new Iraqi government and Rumsfeld has his idea of what should be allowed. Both of you want to dictate what the Iraqis can or cannot have. Now it happens that Rumsfeld is probably in a better position to get what he wants then what you want. Now the next "disagreement" is really bizarre... I said....People want to be left alone to do what they want. and you completely disagree. This is what you think people want.....People want to inherently make their own decisions without being told by someone else what they can, or cannot, do... --------------------------------------------- But the extreme form of Democracy is Anarchy, where everyone does what they want to do Nonsense. An extreme form of Democracy would be where every law, expenditure, regulation is taken to the people for a vote. That is hardly anything that resembles an absence of government, i,e., anarchy. Unmanageable, yes. But it's not anarachy. Had you said that "liberty" in the extreme is anarchy, I would agree. But democracy is something different. We compromise "democracy" and form a Constitutional Republic; because it's the only way that you can get a manageable democratic form of government. What are our representatives supposed to do? Are they representing us as a lawyer would represent his/her client? Using their talents/skills/position to best represent the case of the client. I think so. Some people don't...in particular when their position is in the minority within the electorate. jttmab