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To: Metacomet who wrote (8219)	8/12/2006 12:59:31 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 217774

Probably need to educate the "voters" for at least a couple of hundred years first.....and then they will make good choices, like the US does.... And who's going to "educate" them? It's the problem that's currently being faced in Iraq as each group, either locally, or nationally, are voting along religious or tribal lines, and not in the interest of national unity. I think the early history of the US would reflect something similar. But at least whatever government they elect represents their wishes, good or bad, and thus, the voters have only themselves to blame for the kind of government they possess. Look at Palestine. The people there were sick of the corrupt government that Fatah had perpetuated over their lives for decades so they elected the equally corrupt (in different ways) Hamas who's sole interest is in establishing a religious corruption over the people, and perpetuating a war of annihilation against Israel (as in the case of Gaza, where the Israelis ended their occupation. And who do they have to blame for it?? Themselves. But do I believe that, ultimately, they will come to realize that another political option must become available to them? Certainly.. It may even encourage Fatah to clean up its act and become more representative of the will of the people for economic security. The question is whether the Hamas government they elected is going to permit such opposition parties to market their ideas. But the bottom line is that for better, or worse, a free and active democratic process, with fully ability for parties to market ideas and solutions to the citizens, is the only means for the establishment of legitimate government. Any other form is merely a form of dictatorship. And lest anyone not agree with that, just recall that Hitler was democratically elected. Hawk