tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039650298276806223.post3034980784014348477..comments2024-03-22T19:42:41.523-07:00Comments on CENSORED NEWS: US has gall to call Venezuela a dictatorship?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039650298276806223.post-90884462871113810332007-09-16T06:26:00.000-07:002007-09-16T06:26:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, there will always be combative idio...Unfortunately, there will always be combative idiots like "Anonymous" who will attempt to muddy the playing field whenever steps are taken to level it.<BR/><BR/>Democracy as "majority rule" has very little meaning unless there is at least some mechanism for acknowledging the political will of all the peoples it affects. If democracy could be reduced to "the rule of the majority," then a majority Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039650298276806223.post-22729901743214421922007-09-15T16:03:00.000-07:002007-09-15T16:03:00.000-07:00Venezuela is truly a democracy, because its 80% In...Venezuela is truly a democracy, because its 80% Indeginous population voted and elected its president. Can that be said of the the U.S. or Canada? Certainly not! Because it would be a deliberate lie.Bolivarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802483983415526468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039650298276806223.post-12709181732835957282007-09-15T11:04:00.000-07:002007-09-15T11:04:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, what you've discussed here is compl...Unfortunately, what you've discussed here is completely irrelevant to the question of whether the countries in question are democracies or not. While I am appalled by the no votes and encouraged by Venezuela's efforts, the fact remains that what defines a 'democracy' is that government is based on majority rule, and it's nothing more than inflammatory nonsense to start accusing the countries in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039650298276806223.post-29998819297278469812007-09-15T10:54:00.000-07:002007-09-15T10:54:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, what you've discussed here is compl...Unfortunately, what you've discussed here is completely irrelevant to the question of whether the countries in question are democracies or not. While I am appalled by the no votes and encouraged by Venezuela's efforts, the fact remains that what defines a 'democracy' is that government is based on majority rule, and it's nothing more than inflammatory nonsense to start accusing the countries in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com