NOYB wrote:

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:48:50 +0000, Doug Kanter wrote:

Thank goodness for simple labels, right, tooth-boy? You'd be in a
persistent vegetative state without them. At least now, you can create a
facade of consciousness.

The header got me thinking. It must be my memory, but I can't think of
one *true* democracy that was ever overthrown from the left. I can think
of many, many, democracies overthrown from the right. The left has been
known to overthrow kings, dictators, and other tyrants, but democracies?
Help me out, there has to be at least one.

Wow, this could get deep. I'm not sure there are *any* "true democracies".
It all depends upon how you define a democracy. For instance, the U.S.
isn't a true "democracy"...rather, it's a republic. Democracy is "rule by
the majority"...and depending upon the will of majority, it's possible to
*not* have property rights, freedom of expression, and freedom of religion.

Can you point to any "true" democracies? If so, then perhaps I can point to
an example where the democracy was overthrown by the right...and you can
point to an example where it was overthrown by the left.


Po' Toothless...reduced to splitting teeth here.


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