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Old 02-01-2005, 06:03 PM   #2253
Tyrone Slothrop
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Does This Resonate?

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Originally posted by bilmore
I'm baffled. They voted. Presumably, the winning candidates will be seated, absent fraud. Isn't that democracy? I don't think I called it peace, did I?
It sure sounds democratic, and there's nothing wrong with it, but we are a long way from having established a democracy.

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This must be my afternoon for bafflement. How this relates to what I said escapes me. You said, the Arab world doesn't appear to be clamoring for democracy.
That's not what I said, but it's what you keep hearing.
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