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  • Northern Comfort says
    I didn't know Obama was a muslim name. And although I am a Democrat fan, do u think he has the experience. I really don't believe in the Republican party and what they represent, but I think the President of the most powerful country should have world experienceand McCain, in my opinion, does. when it comes to world politics, which is pretty well all the president of america has any power to control, i believe the division between democrats and republicans are a little different than domestic divisions. Republicans, definetely, are more into the war industry, but McCain is not a war-monger type. Can Obama, who may be a good choice for domestic poltics, do well on the international scene. I'm not American, but as a citizen of this planet of ours, I, like everyone else here, am very interested about who represents this powerful nation. This Iraq fiasco, demonstrated to me, the failures of the political process in America. It was pretty apparent from the beginning that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, but Mr. Bush still managed to convince the house and senate to go to war.
    The world went to Iraq under the leadership of America. It removed the leader, who may have been bad, but did keep order. Obama wants to leave. In my opinion, America can not leave what it has started. The people shouldn't have allowed it to happen in the first place but they did. It is an irresponsible government that would attack a country in the name of freedom, and then leave it in chaos. America doesen't have the luxury of being irresponsible. there are another 5 billion people here who are affected by its decisions.
    Anyway...I really didn't know Obama was a muslim name, and if it is, it would be ironic. If he ran against bush 2 elections ago, he would have been the best choice. However, I believe America CAN'T leave Iraq. There is a responsibility there, and the people of America should have realized that before it happened.
    I'm not anti-Obama. He would definetely be a 10000% improvement [sorry to any bush fans out there, but don't care] than the current leadership. I, as a person who lives on this planet, am just concerned about his international experience.

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Jan 13, 2007

  • Oliver says


    This Rock'n'Roll pundit speaks the perfect "Fuck you".

Dec 18, 2006

  • CaliforniaDog says
    Dear LL,

    I often think about the same issue...

    It is true that parliamentary democracy tends to be ruled by the mojority and as a result, minority groups cannot reflect their voice in politics. But I think there are still ways to minimize this shortcoming without discarding parliamentary democracy.

    For example, while the system of single-seat constituency favors majority groups since only one person can be elected from each district, the multiple-seat constituency system or the system of proportional representation will increase the chance for minority groups to be elected. But in that case, we still need to think about the voice of the people who cannot even form a political party... Anyway, in Japan's case, after the introduction of the single-seat constituency system, such small parties as the Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party are becoming weaker and weaker.

    As you said, I think the role of judiciaries is very important, because in judiciaries what matters most is what is right, not who is the majority. Again, in Japan, judiciaries did play an important role protecting the rights of those whose opinions would have been ignored otherwise. The first (and only) decision that the Self-Defense Forces were incompatible with the Constitution was made by a regional court in Hokkaido, not in the Diet (since the Socialist Party never won a majority of seats). The decision that the Livelihood Protection Law must be enforced in such a way as to make it possible for the people to maintain a minimum standard of living was made by a regional court in Tokyo. But the Supreme Court in Japan is often cooperative with authority, and I don't think it is doing what it is supposed to do as the guardian of the Constitution.

    Cal Dog

Dec 13, 2006

  • LL says
    HandleMeWithCare, thanks for a thoughtful follow-up. I wonder, in particular, about the role of judiciaries in looking out for the interests of citizens who may find themselves in the minority. In that case, protecting some against the bullying majority.
  • HandleMeWithCare says
    LL,

    didn't read the entire thing in the link but here is how I see it.

    It is easy to get mixed up with rule by majority and democracy since rule by the majority is the basis of democracy. We cant deny the risk of getting unfairness if you only focused on the fact that output from majority sets the rule. Though, that is when democracy kicks in, well it suppose to give an opportunity to give well-structured conversation which includes the mutual concession of the person with various opinions prior to the decision making process, even though at the end it would be ruled by majority. This is major difference.
    Decision ruled by majority is not necessary right, but this is a given risk at either cases. I would say democracy is the second best option, and it works in some countries who were able to adapt them.
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