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To: GST who wrote (216589)	2/6/2007 1:19:46 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You didn't answer any of the questions. I continue to say it is obvious you only care about international law as a means to bind America, not other nations.

To: GST who wrote (216589)	2/6/2007 1:54:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

A common fallacy perpetuated by us as well as them (whoever they are)is that we are trying to shove something (democracy) down the throats of people in the Middle East who either have or want something else. I see some sad irony in all of this because there is a grain of truth behind the fallacy. Some things we are railing about are cultural differences and have nothing to do with democracy ... drinking, getting stoned, wild sex parties etc may be a part of Western Culture. Likewise people here are raving about some cultural stuff they find offensive or down right evil that does not inherently represent the principles of Islam or Muslim views in general, yet they ramble on about how we would feel having our hands lopped off, wearing burkas, or having our daughters stoned etc. ... at the same time democracy and Islam are not incompatible concepts. "That is what you are spreading around the world -- anarchy and dictatorship. You are destroying democracy, not defending it." It is really quite impossible to impose a democratic form of government onto a people who are dead set against it, since it requires the participation of the people. We do more harm than good when we juxtapose societies and call one democracy and the other opposed to democracy. I don't believe that to be the actual case here even though that is a common perception/misconception. In addition, our form of government is infused with more than simple democracy; it contains as circumstance and prelude some conditions on our understanding of the relationship between humanity and society.