The breathtaking contrast in the airpsace controls used by President Bush's
aircraft while in Delhi and those imposed by our own VVIPs including their
military lackeys seem to provide an object lesson in democracy which we
might do well to emulate at the earliest.
It seems the only requirement for
A true democracy needs to include a Bill of Rights
protecting every single person. Without that a
democracy can descend into anarchy. For example, the
"majority" can vote to oppress the "minority". The
majority cannot be allowed to "rule" in this case, in
a true democracy.
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--- Angelo D'Souza <
Dear Fred,
I have just read your article on the Soccoro Panchayat and Sorter's
comments.
My thoughts on "democracy" for whatever it is worth, are as follows:
Democracy has been defined as "government of the people, for the people, and
by the people"But in practise, is it rea
Democracy
In a multi party system
Tomazinho Cardozo
Democracy is the best form of governance because it is the people who posses
the power of deciding who their rulers should be. A genuine democracy,
therefore, is an active and progressive force responsive to the will of the
people. Accordingl
Was having some problem in getting across to the site. FN
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From http://venus.opendemocracy.net/t/1842/38812/2/0/
The death of Pope John Paul II, just announced by the Vatican, brings the
long reign of the 20th century's last pope to a close.
The distinguished
Democracys inconvenient fact
- PETER RONALD deSOUZA
Making sense of Indian democracy has been for many of
us a continuing obsession. This is driven not by
curiosity alone for deep down, at the bottom of our
souls, is the fervent hope that despite its lapses and
deficits democracy is determinedl
Excerpt from:
http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005&leaf=02&filename=8284&filet
ype=html
(Economic & Political Weekly, Feb 19, 2005)
.. ... ...
.. ... ...
The Goan crisis brings to the fore once again questions about the nature of
the checks and balances, the Constitution ostensibly dev
GOA POLITICAL CRISIS
DEMOCRACY GOA-ING GOA-ING GONENorms? Only susegado!The reason Goa politicians
behave the way they do is because they feel they can get away with it.');//--
>UDAY BHEMBRE ');//-->
Posted online: Thursday, February 10, 2005 at hours IST
Several things have been tarnis
I have no idea who made the following post as no name
of poster is mentioned. The post identifies Mr. Pat
Buchanan as "not exactly a liberal". However, for
those not familiar with Mr. Buchanan, he is a
right-wing gadfly and an "isolationist" in foreign
policy and believes that the US should not i
This was a very interesting article.
Patrick Buchanan, amongst others, has voiced similar sentiment. For
those not in the know - Buchanan is not exactly liberal (to put it
mildly).
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/magazine/06ADVISER.html
THE SECURITY ADVISER
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Subject: [Goanet]DEMOCRACY IS ALIVE AND KICKING IN INDIA
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 08:24:08 +0100 (BST)
It was disheartening to see MPs playing tantrums and
lobbing for cabinet berths and some of them jockeyi
In an age where our politicians will do everything
under the sun to grab and cling on to power, Mrs.
Sonia Gandhi has shown an unparalleled commitment to
the country by selflessly declining to accept the
position of Prime Minister. It would be nice to see
more leaders willing to resist the temptati
In an age where our politicians will do everything
under the sun to grab and cling on to power, Mrs.
Sonia Gandhi has shown an unparalleled commitment to
the country by selflessly declining to accept the
position of Prime Minister. It would be nice to see
more leaders willing to resist the temptati
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