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Old 03-10-2009, 09:52 AM
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Re: No Democracy in China
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Originally Posted by myrrh View Post

However, that being said, no one is trying to force Sharia, or Communism on Western Democratic countries, while the opposite is try with the US and the West. They are forcing their forms of government upon other nations, and this is what I have an issue with.
i think where we miscommunicated is our conflicting definitions of "western democracy". My definition is rule by majority choice. which is a "greater than" mathematical concept as universal as the number 4. there's nothing western about it. I think you have it lumped with imperialism which I get, because western governments like to dress imperialism as "democracy".

Which means we aren't arguing at all, because, like I said, I'd be happy to live under sharia law if it was the overwhelming majority and the choice of the people. But I admit this is kind of facetious to say this because I honestly don't think sharia law could ever be brought into being this way. But I could be wrong...
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