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Re: My Concession (for John mostly)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:32:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > If Iraq turned into the democratic ideal and the shining star of the region,
> > the loss of life and goods may end up having been worth it.
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> Can you cite even one example of where this has happened before? Where else
> have we bombed people into accepting democracy?
I think it depends on how you spin the terms democracy and ideal. If you spin
them the way I would, I'd say that Germany after WWII is an example. But they
had sort of a democracy before. And I don't know about Japanese civics (except
the Honda I'm driving :-) enough to know if that's a good cite.
But I take your point. I used an "if" at the start of that sentence above for
a reason.
Chris
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| (...) Can you cite even one example of where this has happened before? Where else have we bombed people into accepting democracy? True, the absence of precedence doesn't make the occurrence of such a democracy impossible, but I would suggest the (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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