Ani's right about #2. America is not a true democracy. It is a representative one. Athens (I believe though am willing to be wrong but fairly sure it wasn't Sparta) was a true democracy. Provided you were male and not a slave. And you're correct in your comment about having every citizen vote on everything. Of course, that would be a utopian ideal. Of course, we can report on voting percentages in very low figures, lower if you report on potential voters as opposed to registered ones. However, Ani has learned that it's easier to tar someone with a broad brush if the brush used to hold the tar is truth.
I'll be candid here. I'm a Republican and I voted for W but I'll be the first to admit that I only did so because he was the most palatable. Had the Gore/Lieberman ticket been reversed, I would have voted Democrat.
In many ways, I think W may have been the person to have at the helm during 9/11 but I'm not sure about after. And I don't know that I'll be voting to re-elect him, We'll have to see who's running against him.
<hugs> And you're not being pissy and unfair, btw. The Media, whenever used in capital letters, generally does not refer to the Fourth Estate but to a subsection of it. All media is biased. Then again, every individual is too. I may have to post on this in my journal as it's been rattling around in my head for some time now.
Ah well, always good to start the morning with insightful, thoughtprovoking view points.
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Date: 2003-12-16 02:57 am (UTC)I'll be candid here. I'm a Republican and I voted for W but I'll be the first to admit that I only did so because he was the most palatable. Had the Gore/Lieberman ticket been reversed, I would have voted Democrat.
In many ways, I think W may have been the person to have at the helm during 9/11 but I'm not sure about after. And I don't know that I'll be voting to re-elect him, We'll have to see who's running against him.
<hugs> And you're not being pissy and unfair, btw. The Media, whenever used in capital letters, generally does not refer to the Fourth Estate but to a subsection of it. All media is biased. Then again, every individual is too. I may have to post on this in my journal as it's been rattling around in my head for some time now.
Ah well, always good to start the morning with insightful, thoughtprovoking view points.
Peace
-J